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.

Nipah virus, first identified in 1998, remains a deadly threat due to bat reservoirs, human practices, high fatality rates, ...

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. ...

Kozhikode: Over the past year, four Nipah infections were reported in Malappuram, including the suspected death of an 18-year ...

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 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 ...