Before bats could fly, they used hand-like limbs. Scientists now reveal how evolution transformed those hands into wings.

Scientists in China have discovered 22 potentially pandemic-causing viruses never before detected in nature — including two ...

Australian bat lyssavirus belongs to the Rhabdoviridae family, the same group of viruses that causes rabies. It primarily infects bats. Active monitoring suggests fewer than 1 per cent of healthy bats ...

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

This is an Inside Science story.. Bats can harbor many viruses that are potentially deadly to humans, including those behind SARS, Ebola and possibly SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.Now ...

The risk of exposure to a rabid bat is higher from May through September, as bats are more active during this time of year.

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

Imagine navigating a pitch-black room and knowing exactly where every object is without ever switching on a light.

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.

Rabies in humans comes from bats most of the time, not dogs. These days, dogs are only causing rabies in humans during overseas travel. By Dr. Heidi Choe . June 14, 2019, 4:20 PM. 1:34.

Many animals harbor viruses that can jump to other species, but bats may be in a class of their own when it comes to carrying zoonotic (human-infecting) viruses. Bats are reservoirs for more than ...

Frank found that in U.S. counties where bat populations have been decimated by white-nose syndrome, human infant mortality rates rose by about 8 percent.That equates to 1,334 infant deaths between ...