Scientists have discovered that Southeast Asia's endangered fruit bats - commonly known as flying foxes - play an important part in the pollination of the iconic and economically important durian tree ...

A new study employing camera traps indicates that flying foxes in Malaysia are important pollinators of commercially valuable durian fruit trees. The researchers set 19 traps in semi-wild durian trees ...

Island ecosystems host a remarkable array of fruit‐eating bats that underpin critical ecological functions such as seed dispersal and pollination. Many island fruit bats, notably members of the ...

For most people, bats are synonymous with darkness and disease, whether it’s the Twilight series, the legend of Dracula, who, according to the book, would turn into a bat and suck blood, or the Nipah ...