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Lyssavirus is rare, but deadly -- what should you do if bat bites you?

July 05, 2025 6:47 pm

Human infection with bat lyssavirus occurs through direct contact with infected bat saliva via bites, scratches or open skin.

Fruit bats: the Boeings and Airbuses of the animal kingdom

December 04, 2024 8:55 pm

The only mammals that can maintain sustained flight, a fruit bat can give you the heebie-jeebies while flapping close past you

Shenaz Treasury says a bat fell on her: 'Doc said I should take rabies shot'

November 11, 2024 6:00 pm

"Their scratches and bites look tiny but can cause rabies," Shenaz Treasury added

It's almost Halloween. That means it's time for a bat beauty contest!

October 28, 2024 6:00 am

Since 2019, the Bureau of Land Management has hosted an online competition on its Facebook and Instagram accounts, posting bat photos and inviting people to vote for the cutest to raise awareness of the animal's ecological importance.

'Large number' of bats drop dead in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, Delhi due to heatwave: Can the carcasses pose health risks to humans?

June 20, 2024 10:45 pm

Experts suggest that a significant decrease in the bat population could lead to an increase in mosquito populations, potentially leading to a rise in mosquito-borne diseases

Vindication for bats as their genes could hold key against COVID, cancer

October 27, 2023 1:42 pm

Bats are known to be disease carriers but a new study indicates that their genes could hold clues in the fight against viral diseases and maybe even cancer.

Nipah & Covid carriers? Bad omen? ‘Bats are beautiful’, say researchers

October 08, 2023 6:01 pm

Considered harbingers of misfortune and carriers of deadly viruses, bats have for long had an unfair share of bad press. A small group of bat researchers in India is working to change that

Osmania University scientist, researcher son discover new bat species; name it after bat-biologist husband

May 30, 2023 2:58 pm

The new species discovered by Bhargavi and Aditya Srinivasulu takes the number of species of Bent-winged Bats known in India to five.

How bat moms give bat pups their sense of direction

December 06, 2021 7:49 pm

Egyptian fruit bats are attached to their mothers continuously for the first three weeks of life.

Vampire Academy: Bats are not always bad news

September 30, 2021 2:15 pm

We have vilified bats no end, but Dracula's darlings are technical marvels whose benefits far outweigh their cons

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