John S Lander/LightRocket via Getty Images) The golden-crowned flying fox is one of the largest bat species. It can weigh up to 2.6 pounds (1.18kg) and has an impressive wingspan of up to 5ft 6 ...

Flying fox bat can have a wingspan of six feet. It lives in Asia and Australia. (Ian Waldie/Getty Images) Bats are the only mammals that fly. There are more than 1,200 kinds of bats. The smallest ...

WARNING — GRAPHIC IMAGES: A video of a flying fox writhing ... these threatened animals face. A grey-headed flying fox, a type of native bat, was spotted in an inner west suburb of Wollongong ...

A local photographer captures stunning images of the ... as do the 30,000 bats sleeping in the trees that dot the green. Such large groups of gray-headed flying foxes, a species of fruit-eating ...

It's not uncommon for the area to see an influx of bats this time of year with spectacular photos showing thousands of flying foxes roosting in trees and hanging from the branches. When day turns ...

The 2m-long reptile was found on the footpath where it was feasting on the bat's head ... carpet python eating a flying fox spotted at Riverheart Parklands in Ipswich. Picture: Shane Stephensen ...

Most bats forage at night and spend more than half of their lives roosting during the day in camps or colonies. Being external roosters, the flying fox is exposed to predators and disturbances ...

While the US begins to recover from record low temperatures, Australia is facing a deadly heat wave that is killing thousands of large bats, called flying foxes. Australia is experiencing ...

the New South Wales state government has helped fund a project to plant trees to provide the bats with more habitat and shade. Flying foxes like to stick togetherImage: Davida MaChing /AP/picture ...