Bats in Subic endangered by humans
Once a trademark of the Subic tourism experience, fruit bats (also called flying foxes) in the forests of the Subic Bay Freeport have started to dwindle due to human activity. The post Bats in Subic...
View ArticleIn Boracay, disappearing bats seen bad omen for environment
Boracay Island’s endangered fruit bats, the flying foxes, are in danger of completely disappearing as their numbers are rapidly declining because of several factors, among them the construction frenzy...
View ArticleNo-fly zone sought over bats’ sanctuary in Boracay
Wildlife conservationists are calling for a government declaration of a “no-fly zone” for helicopters over the cave sanctuary of endangered fruit bats on Boracay Island, which has been attracting...
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LOOK: Strange things spook at DOJ
The Grim Reaper, ghouls, skulls, monsters, skeletons, bats, as well as spiders and cobwebs have invaded the foyers and offices of the Department of Justice (DOJ), as the agency held trick-or-treat...
View ArticleDense swarm of bats causes flap at Vienna airport
BERLIN — Birds are a well-known hazard for airport operators, but Vienna airport officials have had to deal with different winged intruders: a swarm of bats. The post Dense swarm of bats causes flap at...
View ArticleStudies suggest role of bats, snakes in outbreak of China virus
BEIJING–A new strain of coronavirus that emerged in China may have originated in bats or snakes, according to genetic analysis of the virus that has so far killed 17 people. The theories are based on...
View ArticleCoronavirus might have infected bats years ago, says WHO expert
BEIJING — The Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei province may not be the place where the Covid-19 virus crossed from animals into humans, despite the first clusters of infections having been reported in...
View ArticleChina’s rat, cobra farmers feel coronavirus pain
Loudi, China — Bamboo rat farmer Liu Yanqun was just starting to make plump returns from the rodents in his farm in central China when the coronavirus broke out at the end of last year. The killer...
View ArticleMakiling bats swabbed for coronavirus
MANILA, Philippines — Humans are not the only ones being swabbed for detection of the new coronavirus, but also bats—those fly-by-night, hung-upside-down-by-day creatures after which the Dark Knight of...
View ArticleCambodia bat researchers on mission to track origin of COVID-19
STUNG TRENG, Cambodia — Researchers are collecting samples from bats in northern Cambodia in a bid to understand the coronavirus pandemic, returning to a region where a very similar virus was found in...
View Article6,000 bats caught in Bulacan protected area seized from poachers
SAN MIGUEL, BULACAN—More than 6,000 wrinkle-lipped bats (Chaerephon plicatus) were seized from four suspected wildlife poachers at Biak-na-Bato National Park (BNBNP) in this town, an official of the...
View ArticleBats in Subic endangered by humans
Once a trademark of the Subic tourism experience, fruit bats (also called flying foxes) in the forests of the Subic Bay Freeport have started to dwindle due to human activity.
View ArticleIn Boracay, disappearing bats seen bad omen for environment
Boracay Island’s endangered fruit bats, the flying foxes, are in danger of completely disappearing as their numbers are rapidly declining because of several factors, among them the construction frenzy...
View ArticleNo-fly zone sought over bats’ sanctuary in Boracay
Wildlife conservationists are calling for a government declaration of a “no-fly zone” for helicopters over the cave sanctuary of endangered fruit bats on Boracay Island, which has been attracting...
View ArticleLOOK: Strange things spook at DOJ
The Grim Reaper, ghouls, skulls, monsters, skeletons, bats, as well as spiders and cobwebs have invaded the foyers and offices of the Department of Justice (DOJ), as the agency held trick-or-treat...
View ArticleDense swarm of bats causes flap at Vienna airport
BERLIN — Birds are a well-known hazard for airport operators, but Vienna airport officials have had to deal with different winged intruders: a swarm of bats.
View ArticleStudies suggest role of bats, snakes in outbreak of China virus
BEIJING–A new strain of coronavirus that emerged in China may have originated in bats or snakes, according to genetic analysis of the virus that has so far killed 17 people. The theories are based on...
View ArticleCoronavirus might have infected bats years ago, says WHO expert
BEIJING — The Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei province may not be the place where the Covid-19 virus crossed from animals into humans, despite the first clusters of infections having been reported in...
View ArticleChina’s rat, cobra farmers feel coronavirus pain
Loudi, China — Bamboo rat farmer Liu Yanqun was just starting to make plump returns from the rodents in his farm in central China when the coronavirus broke out at the end of last year. The killer...
View ArticleMakiling bats swabbed for coronavirus
MANILA, Philippines — Humans are not the only ones being swabbed for detection of the new coronavirus, but also bats—those fly-by-night, hung-upside-down-by-day creatures after which the Dark Knight of...
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