Soaring Temperatures Down Under: Heatwave Crushes Flying Fox Colonies in Australia

Flying foxes are a type of bat within the Chiroptera order of mammals. There are several different species and, unfortunately ...
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Record-Breaking Number of Flying Foxes Die in Mass Mortality Event Triggered by Heat Wave in Australia

Thousands of flying foxes are reported to have died in the heat wave, where temperatures exceeded 100°F A record-breaking number of flying foxes died during Australia's weekend heat wave, according to ...
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Yes, spectacled flying foxes are noisy and drop poo everywhere. But our rainforests need them

I am a non-executive director of Terrain NRM Ltd, which may contract with the Commonwealth and the State of Queensland for works associated with the spectacled flying fox. I have no direct association ...
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Here’s how endangered spectacled flying fox saves rainforests

In Far North Queensland, one special winged mammal helps keep rainforests alive. The spectacled flying fox travels vast distances each night, pollinating flowers and spreading seeds far and wide. But ...
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Record-Breaking Number of Flying Foxes Die in Mass Mortality Event Triggered by Heat Wave in Australia

The Australian government already declared flying foxes, a species of bat, as vulnerable due to habitat loss A record-breaking number of flying foxes died during Australia's recent heat wave The ...