Hundreds of flying foxes and rainbow lorikeets have dropped from the sky suffering from a mysterious disease. The animals have been discovered across a wide area in southeast Queensland and ...

Members of the public who find a sick flying fox should not touch it due to the risk of exposure to diseases such as Australian bat lyssavirus. Instead you are urged to contact a licensed wildlife ...

Bats can transmit rabies and other dangerous viruses. Among the bats, flying foxes travel particularly long distances, and should be monitored as animals that may spread infections across national ...

Little red flying foxes are tree-dwelling bats. In daytime they can be seen roosting in giant camps that may include as many as a million individuals. The bats are indeed efficient fliers ...

Aussies who find flying foxes in trouble have been warned to avoid handling them and instead call registered wildlife rescuers. Less than 1% of bats in Australia carry a disease known as ...