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

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

The authors caught and examined 2,789 Pteropus medius bats in Bangladesh between 2006 and 2012. Viral transmission occurred throughout the country and throughout the year.

Reporting from San Diego -- Pteropus rodricensis was hanging upside down, doing some squeaking. That’s mostly his daily routine, with occasional breaks to eat slices of fruit. He’s primarily a ...

A man in his 50s has died from lyssavirus in New South Wales after being bitten by a bat several months ago. ...

image: Roosting Rodrigue's fruit bat (Pteropus rodricensis), one of the studied species. Note the large frontally positioned eyes. view more . Credit: Dana LeBlanc, Lubee Bat Center, Gainesville, Fla.

A recently conducted study, published in PLOS Pathogens have found at least 20 new viruses from bats that live near people in China's Yuan province. The experts have signaled from another outbreak.

A range-wide survey of the Critically Endangered Livingstone’s fruit bat Pteropus livingstonii’, Oryx, , pp. 1–10. doi: 10.1017/S0030605316000521. FEEDBACK: Use this form to send a message ...

When the fruit bat Pteropus allenorum was finally described by scientists, it was already extinct. One specimen of the bat was shot in Samoa in 1856, skinned, stored in alcohol, and shipped to the ...

Scientists shine light on world's least-studied bat Date: October 29, 2013 Source: Smithsonian Summary: The Mortlock Islands flying fox, a large, breadfruit-eating bat native to a few remote and ...