BACOLOD CITY — The provincial government in Negros Occidental has cautioned the public not to harm, catch, or kill endangered fruit bats that appeared to have made a balete tree in this capital ...

Sometimes at my home in Batangas, a guest will note the fragrance of a flowering tree. “That’s a kamuning,” I’ll say proudly.

Residents, he said, noticed the bats’ arrival in March this year. Gerangaya said the balete tree where the colony is roosting is on private property. “Bats are nocturnal and sleep during the ...