LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — The South Carolina Department of Public Health will celebrate International Bat Week beginning on Oct. 24, and they are encouraging residents to join in by educating ...

It was more than two weeks before doctors even realized what they were treating, the fourth outbreak in five years of the lethal, brain-swelling Nipah virus in India’s Kerala region. By then, hundreds ...

Scientists have identified a new strange virus that is infecting humans that seems like Nipah but is different than the specific type.A team of researchers in Bangladesh has identified a ...

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Bats in the Sioux Falls area have tested positive for rabies and the Sioux Falls Animal Control is advising pet owners to make sure their pets are vaccinated, according to Sioux Falls Animal Control.

The bat colony that took up residence in the Fort Rucker Fitness Center on Andrews Avenue in early July has left the building. Fort Rucker Directorate of Public Works and U.S. Department of ...

Bats, like other animals, can naturally catch a pathogen and get sick. Researchers wanted to see how bats act in a colony when sick. The bats that were symptomatic from their immune systems being ...

A new coronavirus has just been detected in bats. Lab tests show the virus can infect human cells, but experts say not to be concerned. Here’s everything we know so far. What is the new bat ...

Janet Debelak Tyburec, of Bat Survey Solutions, measures the ears of an evening bat on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025 at Swift River Pecans in Lockhart, Texas. These bats eat lots of different insects in ...