Australia is famously a place with some of the world’s most dangerous and frightening animals.

A team of National Geographic Explorers is studying how these bats developed their architectural expertise—while cataloguing ...

In northeastern Australia, not far from the coastal city of Cairns, is a place called Tolga Bat Hospital. It is, as its name ...

Nipah virus (NiV) is a serious infectious disease that periodically causes outbreaks in parts of Asia. 2026 has seen some ...

SUNDAY, Feb. 8, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Reports of new Nipah virus cases in India have raised worries about yet another ...

In addition to anthropogenic risk factors, bats are affected by pests and pathogens like pseudogymnoascus destructans (or ...

Government must take immediate step to check the virus; pointing out that fruit-eating bats are the known carriers of Nipah, ...

Researchers identified another virus, Pteropine orthoreovirus (PRV), in patients who showed severe Nipah-like symptoms but tested negative for Nipah infection.

Here's how Nipah virus spreads in India, early symptoms, testing methods, risk factors and why rapid surveillance is key to preventing fatal outbreaks.

Stephanie Stronsick has bats in her Berks County, Pennsylvania, house. On purpose. “Aw, look at her little face,” Stronsick ...

The Metro Vancouver-Squamish Community Bat Program is asking the public for reports of dead bats and winter daytime bat ...

Scientists have detected human infections of a bat-borne virus, Pteropine orthoreovirus (PRV), in Bangladesh, raising fresh ...