Tim Laman / Blossom Bat (Syconycteris sp.). Possibly a new species present in the Foja Mountains and also widespread in the mountains of New Guinea but never described before now. Discovered by Kris Helgen. Papua...
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Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43??in a desperate search for somewhere cooler and les...
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Doug Gimesy / Portrait of rescued and rehabilitated Grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) that have just been transported to a 'soft-release' enclosure within the Yarra Bend Park colony (Victo...
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed Flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) at a colony hang together on a branch over the Yarra River (Melbourne). These bats form part of a colony that was established here in early 2000'...
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) flying just before sunset. Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia.
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) hanging from a branch with one wing spread, Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum), thought to be the natural reservoir of the Ebola virus, for sale in Brazzaville market, Republic of the Congo, 2013.
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Julian Hume / Illustration of extinct species in Mare aux Songes, 4,000 years ago, with Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) and Mauritius giant tortoise (Cylindraspis triserrata) and fruit bat, Mauritius
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Juergen Freund / Little red flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus) roosting on inland White mahogany trees (Eucalyptus acmenoides), Atherton Tablelands, Queensland,Australia.
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Juergen Freund / Little red flying-foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying to roost on inland white mahogany trees , Atherton Tablelands, Queensland,Australia.
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Juergen Freund / Little red flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus) flying, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.
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Juergen Freund / Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) babies wrapped in blankets at Tolga Bat Hospital, Queensland, Australia.