For nearly two centuries, scientists could neither confirm nor dismiss reports of an African bat lurking somewhere in Europe.

A Virginia gastroenterologist's unsettling experience has gone viral on Instagram and carries an important public health ...

The Livingston County Health Department is urging residents to capture any bats they come in contact with and report exposure ...

A bat found in Livingston County, Michigan, has tested positive for rabies, the local health department said on Thursday.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A child in Canada has died after contracting rabies from a bat that ...

Angela Nelson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning digital editor and storyteller who covered a variety of general interest stories on MNN (now part of Treehugger) from 2014-2019. If a bat has found its way ...

Studies have demonstrated that ~60%–80% of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) in humans originated from wild life. Bats are natural reservoirs of a large variety of viruses, including many important ...

More than 40 years after one of metal’s most controversial moments, people still ask, “Why did Ozzy Osbourne bite the head off a bat?” Turns out there’s a side of the story you've probably never heard ...

Livingston County recorded its first rabies-positive bat of 2026, following reports of increased test requests from ...