A man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, Australian health officials said.

Concern around declining bat population exists because bats are beneficial to our ecosystem. Bats benefit the agriculture ...

Step aside, luxury yachts and private jets; for we prepare to feast on haute‑cuisine rarities whose price tags would make ...

Dehradun: A new bat species, the Himalayan long-tailed myotis (Myotis himalaicus), has been discovered in the high-altitude forests of Uttarakhand, pa.

Texas is the "battiest" state, home to 32 of the country's 47 bat species—and in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, nowhere may prove that better than the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. A recent acoustic ...

Unusually colored animals often turn up where you least expect them, and in all manner of species – from albino anteaters to ...

Spix’s disc-winged bats have widespread distribution and are found in Mexico, across Central America, and into Brazil. In Belize, however, the species is not particularly common and is found ...

HYDERABAD: A new species of bat, Hipposideros srilankaensis, was discovered in Sri Lanka. A decade-long study, led by Bhargavi Srinivasalu of the Department of Zoology, Osmania University ...

Hyderabad: A research led by Osmania University’s Dr Bhargavi Srinivasulu, in collaboration with an international team, has discovered a new species of leaf-nosed bat in Sri Lanka, and carved ...

With deforestation and habitat loss threatening bat populations worldwide, the identification of new species like H. srilankaensis underscores the urgent need for biodiversity protection. The ...

An enduring urban legend has it that blind, albino alligators patrol New York City’s sewers. These mythical crocodilians have become ingrained in the city’s lore, and some New Yorkers even ...

Researchers found crocodilians, bats, raccoons and other creatures prowling a Florida town’s storm drains, “like something out of ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,’” one said.