SUKKUR: Thousands of megabats, also known as fruit bats, have occupied all the big trees on an island situated in the middle of River Indus near Sukkur Barrage. Earlier, such bats were seen in the ...

The katcha areas of Piryalo are reluctantly playing hosts to a large number of megabats, who have arrived seemingly from nowhere and have occupied most of the trees that bear fruits. These megabats ...

This Sunday, as I scanned through the morning papers, I was struck by this large pictorial feature on the Karachi section of Express Tribune. The headline screamed, “Megabats take over fruit trees in ...

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With wingspans over a metre and an insatiable love for fruit and nectar, grey-headed flying foxes have settled in massive numbers across South Australia A stand of pine trees near the Adelaide zoo ...

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Once again, it's caturday, so let's watch some animals doing stuff! Today's animals are megachiropterans, or "big winged" bats – more commonly known as megabats or fruit bats. Unlike the bats that pop ...

You report on a study on the two major groups of bats that claims the only significant difference between Yinpterochiroptera and Yangochiroptera is a single ear bone (5 February, p 25). However, the ...