Don't touch a bat if you find one in your house, said Utah wildlife officials. Turn off the lights, and open a door.

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

Reclusive, nocturnal, numerous – bats are a possible source of the coronavirus. Yet some scientists concur they are not to blame for the transfer of the disease that’s changing daily life ...

Australian bat lyssavirus belongs to the Rhabdoviridae family, the same group of viruses that causes rabies. It primarily ...

Viruses from bats are likely to be more deadly to humans than viruses from other animals due to bats' resistance to inflammation. Stock image of a common pipistrelle bat.

Scientists in China have discovered a host of never-before-seen viruses in bats that live near humans. These viruses include ...

In addition to serving as reservoirs for viruses, bats are reservoirs of evolutionary intelligence on viral immunity. They may hold the secret to keeping viruses from becoming virulent in humans too.

Social media is going batty for a “human-sized” bat. Twitter user @AlexJoestar622 posted a photo that seemingly showed an extremely large, black-winged mammal just hanging out.

Bats could help prevent pandemics and reveal blockbuster treatments for deadly human diseases or to slow aging. Bat stem-cell colonies, each containing thousands of individual cells, are visible ...

It turns out, however, that bats also hold their own when it comes to lifespan, with some species living up to 25 years—equivalent to 180 human years—and they tend to do it cancer-free.

Reclusive, nocturnal, numerous – bats are a possible source of the coronavirus. Yet some scientists concur they are not to blame for the transfer of the disease that’s changing daily life ...