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

Unlike rabies, which causes roughly 59,000 human deaths annually, predominantly in Africa and Asia, human infection with bat ...

Every day, our brain takes countless fleeting experiences—from walks on the beach to presentations at work—and transforms them into long-term memories. How exactly this works remains a mystery, but ...

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

Scientists in China's Yunnan province have discovered 20 new viruses in bats, including two closely related to the deadly ...

Every confirmed case in Australia has been fatal. There’s no effective treatment once symptoms present, authorities say, but ...

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

Scientists in China have raised "urgent concerns" after discovering at least 20 never-before-seen viruses in bats that live in orchards near human ...

New viruses that are genetically similar to known fatal viruses have been discovered near food sources in a concerning new ...

Two newly discovered viruses lurking in bats are dangerously similar to Nipah and Hendra, both of which have caused deadly ...

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.

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