Jabruson / Hammer Headed bats (Hypsignathus monstrosus) in gloved hand - live mist net catch for blood sampling in search of the unknown reservoir host for Ebola virus. Ebola outbreaks in Mbomo in 2003 killed 12...

Axel Gomille,Axel Gomille / Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus giganteus), flying, India

Jurgen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs wrapped in cloth in the nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Jurgen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs wrapped in cloth and teats in mouths ready for feeding in the nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Jurgen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) casualty of paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) bite being cared for on site of colony by Jenny Mclean, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Jurgen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies swaddled up in cloth ready to sleep, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.

Jurgen Freund / Crate of Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies just arrived by plane from Brisbane after months of care, ready to be returned to the Tolga Bat Hospital for release back to the wild, A...

Jurgen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) inside enclosure, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.

Jurgen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies swaddled in cloth ready to sleep, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.

Jurgen Freund / Fruit bats (Megachiroptera) flying out from the island where they roost during the day. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Barry Mansell / Neotropical Fruit Bat (Aritbeus hartii) in flight at night, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Claudio Contreras / Jamaican fruit eating bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) captive, Punta Laguna, Otoch Ma'ax Yetel Kooh Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June

Edwin Giesbers / Madagascar fruit bat / flying fox (Pteropus rufus) Berenty Reserve, Madagascar

Edwin Giesbers / Madagascar fruit bat / flying fox (Pteropus rufus) Berenty Reserve, Madagascar (Digital composite)

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Indian flying fox {Pteropus gigantea} in flight, chased by House Crow {Corvus splendens}, Tamil Nadu, India

Mark Carwardine / A cloud of Straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) with an immature African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) flying amongst them, Kasanka National Park, Zambia, Africa

Mark Carwardine / A cloud of Straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) flying around daytime roost with others still hanging from branches, Kasanka National Park, Zambia, Africa

Mark Carwardine / Straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) flying at night, Kasanka National Park, Zambia, Africa

Mark Carwardine / Straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) flying over daytime roost Kasanka National Park, Zambia, Africa

Kim Taylor / Short-tailed fruit bat {Carollia perspicillata} flying in to take a bite out of ripe Guava, Trinidad, West Indies, Digital composite.

Michael Pitts / Bismark fruit bat {Pteropus capistratus} Papua New Guinea

Michael Pitts / Tube nosed fruit bat {Nyctimene albiventer} Papua New Guinea

Michael Pitts / Barebacked fruit bats {Dobsonia sp} flying from Ormoru sink hole, Papua New Guinea

Michael Pitts / Bare backed fruit bats flying from cave {Dobsonia sp} Ornozu, Papua New Guinea

Dietmar Nill / Jamaican fruit eating bat. Panama.

John Downer / Rousettus fruit bats at Goa Lawah bat cave temple, Bali. Indonesia.

Christian Ziegler / White-throated Round-eared Bat (Tonatia silvicola) eating a Fig, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Piotr Naskrecki / Straw-colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum) group roosting, Maputo, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Toltec Fruit-eating Bat (Artibeus toltecus) flying, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) flying, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Chien Lee / Lesser Long-tongued Fruit Bat (Macroglossus minimus) approaching Durian (Durio zibethinus) flower nectar, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) carrying fig, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) approaching figs to feed on, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Spotted-winged Fruit Bat (Balionycteris maculata) roosting, Bukit Sarang Conservation Area, Bintulu, Borneo, Malaysia

Claus Meyer / Silky Short-tailed Bat (Carollia brevicauda) feeding on fruit, Amazon ecosystem, Brazil

Ingo Arndt / Buettikofer's Epauletted Bat (Epomops buettikoferi) close up of face

Bernard Castelein / Short-nosed fruit bat, (Cynopterus sphinx), sheltering under leaves, Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India

Robert Valentic / Short-nosed fruit-bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) roosting, Ko Chang Island, Thailand.

Bernard Castelein / Straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum), female flying carrying young on front. Lamin, Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum), female flying carrying pup on front. Lamin, Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum), female flying carrying pup on front. Lamin, Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum), female flying carrying pup on front. Lamin, Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum), male flying, Lamin, Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Straw-coloured Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum), Lamin, Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) colony roosting, Lamin, Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) colony roosting, Lamin, Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum), group roosting. Lamin, Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) colony roosting, Lamin, Gambia.