A group of flying foxes were relocated from Zoo Tampa to the San Antonio Zoo. The Large Flying Fox or Malayan Flying Fox (Pteropus vampyrus) are endangered.
Flying foxes are a type of bat within the Chiroptera order of mammals. There are several different species and, unfortunately, two native Australian species have suffered sudden and dramatic losses ...
Conservation groups have rushed to save as many grey-headed flying-foxes as possible from recent extreme heat causing mass deaths of the species. Thousands of flying-foxes have died in recent weeks ...
Flying foxes. Megabats. Fruit bats. Whatever name you choose, these fox-faced creatures are remarkable. Our four species help pollinate eucalyptus trees in eastern Australia, spread the seeds of ...
SAN ANTONIO — The zoo is welcoming a colony of flying foxes back after being gone since the 1980s. The seven boys, Rufio, Bruce, Guapo, Homer, Count, Mickey, and Yoda, and 11 girls all have unique ...
Flying foxes play a vital role in maintaining forest health. As pollinators and seed dispersers they are also invaluable to the economic and social well-being of communities. In Indonesia’s Sulawesi, ...
SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Zoo is welcoming the return of flying foxes — an endangered species that hasn’t been at the zoo since the 1980s. A news release states a group of flying foxes were ...