The 18-year-old, from Malappuram a city in the Kerala region of India , tested positive for Nipah virus, which kills more ...

Australian health officials are urging residents to avoid handling bats after a man who was bit months ago reportedly died ...

The extinct little Mariana fruit bat may have historically been mistaken for young specimens of their larger cousins, the Mariana fruit bat, or fanihi, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

A man in his 50s has been hospitalized in critical condition after contracting the Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) in New ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Fruit Bat is a two-and-a-half-month-old blind kitten who is ready for his forever home. The ...

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

Anyone with a pool knows how easily animals can become stuck swimming in circles. It’s not uncommon to find insects, mice, ...

Each year, millions of straw-colored fruit bats descend on Kasanka National Park for a few months, and scientists are working to understand their mysterious journey Melissa Locker - Contributing ...

Fruit bats can shed the virus in their saliva, urine, and faeces. When these excretions come into contact with fruits, the virus can be transmitted to humans who consume the contaminated produce.

In the 1960s, during a survey that assessed dozens of bats hunted by local people, just one specimen of the Little Mariana fruit bat turned up. It was a female, shot at Tarague Cliff on Guam’s ...

We are a team of biologists and bioengineers. Determining how fruit bats evolved to specialize on a high-sugar diet sent us on a quest to approach diabetes therapy from an unusual angle – one that ...