Australian health officials are urging residents to avoid handling bats after a man who was bit months ago reportedly died ...

A northern NSW man has become the fourth person to die of lyssavirus in Australia. The disease is incredibly rare but ...

Health authorities believe the man who died from a type of rabies in the state’s north was bitten on the finger by a bat ...

Going up the mast turned into a full-blown wildlife rescue mission. 🦇 What was supposed to be a simple job of swapping out the radar dome transformed into a day-long event filled with unexpected ...

The deadly bat virus that has claimed the life of a man in northern NSW can lie dormant for months or even years before it becomes active, rapidly progressing then to paralysis, convulsions and death, ...

England captain Ben Stokes termed the pitch at Edgbaston, Birmingham, as a subcontinent-style wicket following the side's ...

Bats are surprisingly good swimmers, but this little guy needed a hand to make it out of this Queensland pool.

Fruit bats are known to dip down into water for a drink and sometimes misjudge the depth, leading to accidental falls. This bat may have mistaken the pool for a freshwater source and gotten more ...

Craig Nolte died on July 3 after falling critically ill from a bat bite the he sustained eight months prior, his wife Robyn ...

Island life has given the world’s largest bats their gargantuan wingspans, which can reach nearly 2 metres 1.