A once critically endangered bat species, the 'Pemba flying fox', has made a dramatic return from the brink of extinction, according to new research. As recently as 1989, only a scant few ...

The Pemba flying fox, a native of Pemba island off Tanzania in Africa, was reduced to just a few specimens as recently as 1989 and listed as critically endangered, said Fauna & Flora International.

Down from a handful of individuals in 1989, the Pemba flying fox population on the island of Pemba, off the coast of Tanzania, now stands at more than 22,000.

The flying foxes on Pemba Island in the Indian Ocean were reduced to just a few individuals in the 1980s, but the population recovered to more than 20,000 over the course of 20 years of ...

A giant bat with a wingspan up to 5.5 feet (1.68 metres) has made a comeback from the brink of extinction in Tanzania in a rare conservation success, an environmental group said on Friday.

This unique forest ecoregion is home to more than 630 bird species as well as a number of mammals, including the Pemba Island flying fox, Sokoke dog mongoose, Zanzibar red colobus, Tana mangabey and ...