The birth of an ultra-rare bat which was born upside down has been captured on camera for the first time. Footage shows the critically endangered Livingstone’s fruit bat entering the world at Northumberland Zoo. It is believed to be the first time a birth of one of the bats has ever been caught on film. Keepers realised mum Selene was in labour when she showed signs of discomfort and was licking herself on Mother’s Day afternoon (19/3). For the next few hours, Selene kept flipping herself over a

It's that time of the year again when Little Red flying-foxes start giving birth. Reds mate and give birth six months out of sync to Black and Grey-headed flying-foxes and they generally winter and give birth in Far North Queensland. As summer visitors to our region, we inevitably get Reds into care mostly off barbed wire fences and I currently have a couple of girls who are rapidly approaching motherhood. Those born in care will be mother raised before being released back to the wild around Nov