Anyone with a pool knows how easily animals can become stuck swimming in circles. It’s not uncommon to find insects, mice, and even frogs floating around the deep end. Bats are less commonly found in ...

An emerging bat-borne viral disease—one that can be fatal to humans—keeps spilling over into horses, and now scientists have documented how climatic changes and habitat loss are driving this process.

Hendra virus may not infect people that often, but it can be serious. Like SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, you can get a dangerous respiratory infection. The Hendra virus infects large ...

(WJW) — Australian health officials are urging residents to avoid handling wild bats after a man who was bit months ago reportedly died from an “incredibly rare” virus. New South Wales Health ...

Human beings are not the only ones with a sweet tooth. Fruit bats are named after their love of sugary fruits. In fact, they ...

SYDNEY, Australia — An Australian man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, health officials said on Thursday. The man in his 50s was bitten by a bat ...