Ebola is one of the world’s deadliest viruses, and Marburg is its cousin. This hemorrhagic virus shares many symptoms with Ebola, and there is no known cure or treatment. It spreads quickly and ...

In the standout first-act sequence of Bat Boy, the horror comedy gleefully sinks its teeth into My Fair Lady. A good Christian West Virginian veterinarian family has taken in the titular half-human ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The closeup image of Malayan flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus). a southeast Asian species of megabat, primarily feeds on flowers, ...

Bats are beneficial to the ecosystem and rarely dangerous to humans. An infected bat can transmit rabies, a potentially fatal disease. Here's what happens if a bat bites you and what to do next. Bats ...

Just touching or handling infected bats can lead to rabies. Health officials in Vancouver are warning people to avoid touching or picking up bats they might find, because of the risk of catching ...

Camden County Schools found out this year just how much of a nuisance a colony of bats could be, when more than 200 of the flying mammals took up residence in an school. The district had to close the ...

Fruit bats earned their name for a pretty obvious reason: their affinity for fruit. Also known as flying foxes, these nocturnal mammals love to chomp down on a variety of different fruits and flowers, ...