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.

Fruit bats are known to dip down into water for a drink and sometimes misjudge the depth, leading to accidental falls. This bat may have mistaken the pool for a freshwater source and gotten more ...

20 new bat viruses discovered in China's fruit orchard amidst ongoing COVID surge; Are humans at risk?

Two newly discovered viruses lurking in bats are dangerously similar to Nipah and Hendra, both of which have caused deadly outbreaks in humans. Found in fruit bats near villages, these viruses may ...

One of the viruses is the closest-known relative of Hendra and Nipah viruses, which have human mortality rates as high as 80 per cent.

A man is in critical condition after contracting a rare bat virus in Australia. The first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) has been reported in the state of New South Wales ...

Twenty new viruses have been discovered within bats in China, "raising urgent concerns" that these diseases might spill over into livestock or even humans. Using genetic sequencing, researchers ...

Australian bat lyssavirus, first detected in a fruit bat in northern New South Wales in May 1996, remains the country’s sole known lyssavirus.

Instead, they select a fruit and carry it to a feeding roost typically about 100 m away before eating it. We utilized radio telemetry to assess feeding rates from the number of “feeding ...

Following a failed on-field bat gauge test, Salt was been cleared of any breach after additional testing deemed the bat compliant ...

Farmers can now use smartphones with AI to monitor fruit growth, directly indicating a tree's water needs. This real-time data helps automate irrigation, optimizing water use and leading to higher ...