Those who recently visited a fruit market in Pune put them into worry. When people witnessed a bat nibbling a chikoo racked up for sale, they raised health concerns. A video of a bat eating chikoo ...

Bats are the only true flying mammals on Earth and one of the most diverse groups of mammals. One in five mammal species is a bat. Some bats eat fruit, some pollinate flowers, others catch fish out of ...

Fruit-eating bats play an important role in maintaining forest health by being seed dispersers. For decades, researchers have explored ways to harness this capacity as a reforestation tool.

This bat loves to eat figs, and three species of figs have ... The masked palm civet lives in trees and eats mainly fruit, and can sometimes be found in urban areas close to forests.