Here we describe a PstI family of repetitive DNA sequences present in three species of the genus Pteropus. These repetitive sequences are 54.97% G-C rich, organised in tandem and with a unit ...

Australia is home to five flying-fox species – four on the mainland and one on Christmas Island. They belong to the Pteropus genus and are Australia’s largest flying mammals. All flying-foxes are ...

The government of Mauritius plans to cull 20 percent of the population of Mauritian flying foxes (Pteropus niger) in 2018 to protect farmers’ fruit trees. Culls in prior years led to the ...

The Little Mariana fruit bat was never photographed in the wild, unlike its closest living relative, the Mariana fruit bat (Credit: Getty Images) The Little Mariana fruit bat slipped into oblivion ...

The name of the species, Pteropus giganteus, explains the size. Also called the Great Indian Fruit Bat, it eats fruits, feeding on the juice, and helps in seed dispersion and pollination ...

They say the bat, Pteropus vampyrus, could vanish from western Malaysia in as little as six years if the killing continues at its present rate. With a wingspan of 6ft, P. vampyrus is the biggest ...

Hundreds of Indian flying foxes (Pteropus medius formerly Pteropus giganteus), large fruit-eating bats, dropped dead in droves in the northern states of India due to intense heatwaves. In ...