Flying‑foxes are starving. Why are we still responding one crisis at a time?

October 29, 2026 · 2:00 pm 2 sources

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• Museum specimens reveal shrinking flying foxes in Madagascar, with commercial hunting suspected
  Phys.org · October 29, 2026 14:00
  Flying foxes are the biggest bats in the world; they look like German shepherd puppies with 5-foot (1.5-meter) wingspans. But Madagascar's flying foxes are shrinking.
• Flying‑foxes are starving. Why are we still responding one crisis at a time?
  Phys.org · October 30, 2026 12:20
  Once again, Australia's flying-foxes are in trouble.