She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." The Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) is a large species found throughout Africa, the Middle East, and India.

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These cute little fluffballs are frugivores ... As one of the world’s smallest fruit-eating bats, Honduran white bats are incredibly tiny. They only grow about 1.5 to 1.9 inches long and ...

At the Northumberland Zoo, in the UK, an ultra rare and extremely cute bat gave birth to a precious pup while hanging upside down and, for the first time ever, zoo staff were able to capture the ...

Trish Wimberley of the Australian Bat Clinic has a really hard job — according to this video’s info, she once went three nights without sleeping so she could care for her nocturnal charges.

bats that make their living swooping for fish off the coast of Mexico; and fruit bats in the forests of Indonesia whose males produce breastmilk. In fact, despite their seeming elusiveness ...

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 ...

This anti-bat bias is why the good folks at the Australian Bat Clinic decided to present a sight too cute to abhor: seven baby flying foxes dressed as tiny burritos. Your fear will quickly melt ...

These quarters will feature the Samoan fruit bat in honor of the National Park of American Samoa. The design features a mother fruit bat hanging upside down as her cub peers out from her wings ...