A US F-35 Lightning II fighter jet takes off from the Kadena Air Base airfield in Kadena town, west of Okinawa in Japan, 24 August 2023.

Unlike rabies, which causes roughly 59,000 human deaths annually, predominantly in Africa and Asia, human infection with bat ...

Two newly discovered viruses lurking in bats are dangerously similar to Nipah and Hendra, both of which have caused deadly ...

Twenty new viruses have been discovered within bats in China, "raising urgent concerns" that these diseases might spill over ...

A fringe-lipped bat zeroes in on its dinner. This species of bat listens for calls to identify which amphibians are safe to eat. Photograph By Grant Maslowski ByElizabeth Landau April 29, 2025 ...

Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 years ago. In the face of growing global tensions, its governor pledged to keep ...

Bats on the WingA Mexican free-tailed bat comes in for a close-up as it leaves its cave to hunt. Every night from March to October, 1.5 million of these bats stream out from beneath a bridge in ...

Bats are all around, but due to their nocturnal nature, Baton Rouge residents do not see them often. Misconceptions about the flying mammals abound, despite their significance to ecological ...

A U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter aircraft at Kadena air force base in Okinawa on May 15, 2017. Getty Images Officials said the explosion took place during bomb disposal operations.

The Battle of Okinawa began April 1, 1945, and lasted 82 days. More than 14,000 Americans, 110,000 Japanese troops and at least 140,000 Okinawan civilians died in the campaign.

New viruses that are genetically similar to known fatal viruses have been discovered near food sources in a concerning new ...

Debbie Buecher uses an anabat bat detector to record and monitor a variety of bat calls in many frequencies, at the Campbell Road bridge over the Rillito River, Thursday Sept. 10 2009 in Tucson, Ariz.