Rabid Bat: Found Alive in San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Anyone Who Had Contact is Urged to Call County Health Agency

Medicine & Technology Jun 28, 2021

A San Diego Zoo Safari Park employee has found a live rabid bat, which turns out to be not part of the park's collection. Health officials are now seeking anyone who had contact with the bat.

Rabid Bat Discovered in Olbrich Park: Second in Dane County, Fourth in Wisconsin to Test Positive for Rabies

Jun 03, 2021

A bat was discovered near the restrooms along Lakeland Avenue in Olbrich Park in Madison and according to Public Health Madison and Dane County, it tested positive for rabies.

Bats Already Know Echolocation Since Birth Unlike Other Animals, Research Reveals

May 03, 2021

An experiment by researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel revealed that bats have a rigid, innate ability of the speed of sound. In short, bats know how to echolocate since birth.

4,300 Years of Bat Poop Uncover Shifting Climate Conditions Over the Years [Study]

Apr 14, 2021

A study analyzed layers of 4,300-year-old bat poop or guano in a Jamaican cave and their findings revealed snippets of the Earth's climate conditions over the years.

WHO Identifies COVID-19 Origin: Here's What They Found

Mar 17, 2021

World Health Organization has discovered that wildlife farms in China are possibly the sources of this ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

[WATCH] Australian Woman Shocked as Python Swallows a Whole Bat in Her Backyard

Mar 11, 2021

A woman was surprised to find a huge python devouring an equally large bat right in her backyard in eastern Australia.

COVID-19 May Have Come from Bats, WHO Now Investigates How It Was Transferred to People

Jan 14, 2021

SARS-CoV-2, may have originated in bats, but how it gets transmitted to people has now been the subject of strong speculation and is currently being investigated by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Research Team Discovers Coronaviruses Closely Related to COVID-19 Virus in Japan and Cambodia

Nov 24, 2020

Scientists recently discovered a type of coronavirus almost related to SARS-CoV-2 in "horseshoe bats stored in a freezer in Cambodia."

Why Do Bats Collide To Walls Even When They Can Detect It?

Nov 10, 2020

Bats are known to hit smooth surfaces while flying because they could not see it. However, they also collide to walls even if they can detect it, but why?

Bats Predict Where Their Food Is Going, New Study Suggests

Nov 03, 2020

A new study suggests that bats do not only locate their food through sounds but also track and predict where their prey is headed.

Vampire Bats 'Socially Distance' Themselves When They Feel Sick – Study

Oct 28, 2020

Bats in the control group encountered fewer "sick" bats and also practiced social distancing measures, say researchers.

Newly Discovered Virus Suggest That German Measles Might've Come From Animals

Oct 08, 2020

Two newly discovered viruses, identified as relatives to the rubella virus that causes German measles, were found in animals- suggesting that rubella originally came from animals before infecting humans.

Chinese Virologist Claims To Have Proof of COVID-19 Origins in Wuhan Lab

Sep 13, 2020

A Chinese virologist previously in hiding has stepped out and claims to have scientific evidence that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was actually made in a lab in Wuhan, China.

New Jersey Health Authorities Report Soft Ticks In Bats

Sep 11, 2020

Researchers confirm the first case of tick species associated with bats in New Jersey. This raises concern over the diseases the parasite is potentially carrying as it can bite humans too.

COVID-19 Traced to Chinese Miners Back in 2012, According to a New Report

Aug 16, 2020

The coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, might actually be older - with the disease originating not at a Wuhan wet market last year, but from a mine shaft back in 2012 - according to a new study.