07/02/2020
Thousands of Australian Animals Die in Unprecedented Heatwave
In northern Australia, at least 23,000 spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus), a type of fruit-eating bat, died over two days last November as the country experienced record-breaking temperatures of more than 42 °C (107 °F), the BBC reports. That body count, tallied by wildlife voluntee...