The nocturnal exhibit at the Lake Superior Zoo is home to 12 Egyptian fruit bats and two African straw-colored fruit bats. Fruit bats eat fruit, as you probably can guess. This differs from ...

Longleat Safari Park is set to reopen its bat cave in early 2025. The attraction, which was closed in 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic, will welcome around 30 Egyptian fruit bats. Simon Askew, ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Meet the Egyptian Fruit Bats at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo in Monroe. “But these guys are actually from Africa, Egypt in particular, and they are a nocturnal bat ...

They pollinate fruit, disperse seeds, eat mosquitos and protect crops from pests, experts say. “During this time of year, bats are portrayed as frightening when there is really no reason to be ...

Many species of bats use echolocation to avoid obstacles like tree branches and hunt small insects as they fly through the dark. But it turns out echolocation for bats is much more than just a ...

The Nigerian government prohibited the sale of bushmeat as a precaution to stop the spread of mpox in June 2022. However, ...

Longleat Safari Park is set to reopen its bat cave in early 2025. The attraction, which was closed in 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic, will welcome around 30 Egyptian fruit bats. Simon Askew, ...

Echolocating bats have been found to possess an acoustic cognitive map of their home range, enabling them to navigate over kilometer-scale distances using echolocation alone. Echolocating bats ...

In the tropics, nectar-sipping bat species pollinate crops like bananas, avocados, mangos and agaves, including agaves that are used in tequila. Worldwide, more than 300 species of fruit depend ...

The garden is located near the zoo’s Bat Island Roost, which is home to an estimated 8% of the total global Livingstone’s fruit bat population. Ms Shaw added: "Loving bats as much as I do and ...

Longleat Safari Park is set to reopen its bat cave in early 2025. The attraction, which was closed in 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic, will welcome around 30 Egyptian fruit bats. Simon Askew ...