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A TEENAGE girl has died from a brain-swelling bat virus which experts fear could be the ‘next pandemic’. The 18-year-old ...

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

Chinese scientists have raised concerns over 20 never-seen-before viruses found in the kidneys of bats mostly found in the Yunnan province of the country. According to researchers, the viruses—closely ...

Anyone with a pool knows how easily animals can become stuck swimming in circles. It’s not uncommon to find insects, mice, ...

With no confirmed sightings of it in over 50 years, the little Mariana fruit bat has been declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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

Video from a national park in Uganda depicted a parade of predatory species feeding on and dispersing fruit bats that are known natural reservoirs of infectious diseases.

Del Monte Pacific—known for its canned pineapple and fruit cocktail as well as its sauces—said it had invested $579 million ...

Specifically, little brown bats carry two copies of the gene, and have high p53 activity, which can get rid of cancer cells during apoptosis, a biological process that eliminates unwanted cells.

"We have a small kitchen, we have an ICU room, we have a reception area, a 24-hour drop-off, an education bat room, hibernation room or holdover area for healthy bats, and our fruit bat area ...

Twelve pups of an endangered species of bat have been born at Jersey Zoo. The Livingstone's fruit bat pups were born a couple of weeks after 10 adult bats died from an infection. Following the ...