The County of Fresno is urging residents to take necessary precautions to protect themselves after finding bats that tested ...

Animal rescuers in Australia responded to a hotel where a bat apparently attempted to take a drink from the swimming pool and ...

Researchers have found that bats' strong immune systems allow them to harbor deadly viruses like Ebola, Marburg, Nipah, and ...

But while bats are known for carrying viruses that cause diseases like rabies and Ebola, they also play a vital role in ecosystems around the world. Rodrigo Medellín, a bat expert who has been ...

Health inspectors have detected rabies in dead bats around Reedley and Fresno, and those bats may have been in contact with ...

Two bats have tested positive for rabies in Fresno County.The Fresno County Department of Public health confirmed the bats ...

Bats “surf” storm fronts when they migrate every year, researchers write in a new analysis this month. Published in Science, the study sheds light on a little-known phenomenon: the long ...

Though not as common as small rodents in laboratory settings, bats are being increasingly used in research studies. Knowledge of proper blood sampling techniques is essential for care and ...

Kamran Safi / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior More than 1,400 species of bats exist worldwide, making them some of the most widespread creatures on Earth—they can be found on every ...

In New York last week Death, as it must to all creatures, came to the Bronx Zoo’s female vampire bat, 16 weeks after Dr. Raymond Lee Ditmars had brought her from Panama (TIME, Oct. 2).

An curved arrow pointing right. In a wild animal market in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province, bats are still on the menu. Many of them are caught by hunters in forests using nets and hooks.

The new animals on the list include the little brown bat, barn owl, green sea turtle and Atlantic sturgeon. The announcement by the state Department of Environmental Protection was part of a ...