Little red flying foxes use their feet and jointed thumbs to move nimbly about treetop branches. Despite the old “blind as a bat” axiom these and other flying foxes have excellent senses of ...

Next to Rockhampton Airport is a large botanical garden filled with thousands of flying foxes, and when the sun sets these creatures come alive and cause headaches for incoming flights.

A 33 year old one-eyed flying fox named Statler, who was born in 1987 and lived in a cage for most of his life, enjoyed his sunset years at the Bat World Sanctuary in Weatherford, Texas.

squirrels and "flying" lemurs actually glide or parachute by means of a furred membrane, but only bats have the structural adaptations that allow for full powered flight. The structure of the wing ...