In a new study, bats lap up vaccine-laced saline or chow down on vaccine-carrying mosquitoes. Will that have any impact on the flying mammal's immune system?

Beaumont Animal Care has warned residents to avoid handling bats after two rabies-positive bats were found in the city within the past three months, and to contact local animal control if a bat is ...

In 1974, philosopher Thomas Nagel posed a deceptively simple question: "What is it like to be a bat?" His point wasn't really ...

Bats often get a bad rap, but Bat World Sanctuary is on a mission to change that, one rescued wing at a time. This nonprofit ...

Beaumont Animal Care urges residents to avoid handling bats after confirming two rabies cases recently.

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

While bats are often associated with darkness, vampires, death and witchcraft, some bats are incredibly important to the ecosystem. Not only does their dung, known as guano, provide nutrients for ...

(WSIL) -- With the weather warming up, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is warning the public to beware of rabid animals, especially bats, as they become more active this time of year.

A bat found dead at a Gonzales residence has tested positive for rabies, according to the Gonzales Police Department. Animal Control was dispatched around 4 p.m. Monday to […] ...

Panic has been sparked as 15 kindergarten children were caught playing with a rabid bat in a Texas school playground. The students played with the infected bat outside Lagos Elementary School before ...