Meet the megabat a colossal, fruit-loving species with a wingspan that rivals a human’s height. Far from spooky, this gentle giant glides through tropical skies, reshaping everything you thought ...

It’s one of the largest megabat species in the world and goes by the scientific name of Pteropus vampyrus. Despite its scientific description, it’s not a bloodsucker, making this bat full of ...

It's considered a megabat, a family of 197 large fruit-eating bats. With a two-foot wingspan, it's an average size megabat species. It's a highly social animal and usually roosts in caves by the ...

In May 2019, we began receiving queries from viewers who were taken aback by a photograph supposedly showing a very large species of megabat in the Philippines known as the "Golden Crowned Flying ...

The Little Mariana fruit bat was never photographed in the wild, unlike its closest living relative, the Mariana fruit bat (Credit: Getty Images) The Little Mariana fruit bat slipped into oblivion ...

The megabat, which has been classified as vulnerable to extinction by local authorities, was among several species that suffered in the extreme heatwave that hit parts of Australia last month.

Hammer-headed bats are named after the males' oversized boxy heads, which evolved to amplify and project the honking sounds they produce to impress females during courtship displays. When you ...

Bogong moths once invaded Australian cities in their billions. Now they're so scarce that endangered mountain pygmy-possums reliant on them for food have been found starving, their babies dead.

Malayan flying foxes are primarily nocturnal, which explains why this bat hides from the sun. The bat in the video uses its wing to cover its face, which seems very vampiric in nature. However ...

The Little Mariana fruit bat belongs to the "megabat" family – a grouping that contains some of the largest bats in the world. We know hardly anything about this fruit bat's biology – what ...