When searching for food, African straw-colored fruit bats cover greater distances than any other bat species studied to date. African straw-coloured fruit bats fulfil important ecosystem functions by ...

Each year, millions of straw-colored fruit bats descend on Kasanka National Park for a few months, and scientists are working to understand their mysterious journey Melissa Locker - Contributing ...

Between October and December, around 8–10 million straw-colored fruit bats migrate to Zambia’s Kasanka National Park to feed on abundant fruit. This migration supports significant seed dispersal.

In a recent study published in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers evaluated the temporal shedding patterns of coronavirus (CoV) in Eidolon helvum, the straw-colored fruit bat. E. helvum is a pteropodid ...

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This news release is available in German. African straw-coloured fruit bats fulfil important ecosystem functions by dispersing seeds and pollen during their flights. Researchers from the Max Planck ...