The-14Feb 13
Climate Change Brings Another Species Closer to Extinction
#Environment #ClimateChange #Australia #Bats
#GlobalHeating #BiodiversityLoss #ExtinctionCrisis #FlyingFoxes #GreyHeadedFlyingFox #Heatwave #EnvironmentalCrisis #Wildlife #NatureInCrisis
https://the-14.com/climate-change-brings-another-species-closer-to-extinction/
Climate Change Brings Another Species Closer to Extinction | The-14

Extreme heatwaves in Australia killed thousands of grey-headed flying foxes, pushing the vulnerable species closer to extinction.

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BellingenNSWFeb 4
More than 80% of flying fox colony wiped out as January heatwaves kill thousands of bats >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/05/flying-foxes-january-heatwaves-kill-thousands
#FlyingFoxes #bats #heatwaves #FossilFuels #climate #MassMortalityEvents #pollinators #biodiversity
More than 80% of flying fox colony wiped out as January heatwaves kill thousands of bats

Only 180 bats survived intense heat in South Australian town, including 34 babies that carers say face months of recovery

The Guardian
Zorz StudiosJan 29

Rare photos of #FlyingFoxes cooling down in a river during the day: https://zorz.it/NolsB

#JessicaStewart #NocturnalAnimals #HardikShelat #WildlifePhotographer #IndianFruitBats #Gujarat #India #photos

Follow GOLFJan 28
https://www.fogolf.com/1149840/mass-wildlife-rescue-underway-with-flying-foxes-entangled-at-golf-club-driving-range/ Mass wildlife rescue underway with flying foxes entangled at golf club driving range #AustraliaZoo #bats #entangled #FlyingFoxes #Golf #GolfNews #Noosa #NoosaGolfClub #WildlifeHospital
BongolianJan 12

Petra Stock: Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer. Volunteers found thousands of dead bats at Melbourne’s Brimbank park, wildlife expert says

#climatechange #Melbourne #Australia #Flyingfoxes
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/12/flying-foxes-die-in-their-thousands-in-worst-mass-mortality-event-since-australias-black-summer

Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer

Volunteers found thousands of dead bats at Melbourne’s Brimbank park, wildlife expert says

The Guardian
Vivian HarrisJan 6
Grey headed flying foxes heading out to feed. #Bega #FlyingFoxes #GreyHeadedFlyingFoxes
Show threadearthlingDec 26

Wrap Artists of the Year
Rescued baby flying foxes rest, wrapped up, after being injured by giant hailstones, some as large as a cricket ball, in Queensland storms, #Australia, in November. Almost 120 fruit bats (as they are also known) were injured, some critically, before being rescued by volunteers and admitted to the RSPCA wildlife hospital.

Photograph: RSPCA Queensland

#photography
#AnimalRescue
#FruitBats
#FlyingFoxes
#bats

Inat Repost BotDec 18
https://inaturalist.org Observation of the Day for Dec 17, 2025: Grey-headed Flying-fox [Mammalia], by user: lawrencehylton
[via @inatrepostbot]
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329438803
New South Wales, AU
2025-12-04T16:04:00+11:00
Credit: (c) Lawrence Hylton, some rights reserved (CC BY)
See more: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/inat-observation-of-the-day
#inaturalist #inaturalistorg #citizenscience #greyheadedflyingfox #pteropuspoliocephalus #newsouthwales #au #mammalia #animals #chordates #vertebrates #mammals #therians #placentalmammals #ungulatescarnivoransandallies #bats #oldworldfruitbats #flyingfoxesmonkeyfacedbatsandallies #flyingfoxesandallies #flyingfoxes
BellingenNSWSep 22

Plantation owners call for killing permits for native flying foxes

"Currently, farmers with a permit can kill up to eight grey-headed, 45 black and 50 little red flying foxes annually, and must report each death."

"[Flying foxes] are a native species … they are our only long-distance night pollinators. Flying foxes are losing a lot of their normal habitat, forcing them inland, and so they take risky actions to get food like going into yards and orchards."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-09-22/farmers-call-for-rethink-on-shooting-permits-for-flying-foxes/105788750
#Plantations #food #netting #ExclusionNetting #CostOfDoingBusiness #CODB #monoculture #biodiversity #bats #FlyingFoxes #pollinators #conservation #wildlife

Aaron S. VeenstraJun 25, 2025
Did a morning at Caversham #wildlife park in #Perth and met heaps of Australian animals – #kangaroos, #wombats, #koalas, #kookaburras, #galahs, #flyingfoxes, #wallabies, #cockatoos, #pelicans, and more.

#westernaustralia