Many people would not describe bats as cute. This is likely because of bats’ associations with viruses, darkness, and evil. Granted, bats are somewhat weird animals, being the only mammals that can ...

Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) has been found in species of flying foxes, fruit bats and insect-eating microbats, and has been detected in NSW, the Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria and ...

New research by the University of Sydney offers important insights into how and when new coronavirus variants arise in bats.

New research by the University of Sydney offers important insights into how and when new coronavirus variants arise in bats.

Northumberland Zoo is hand-rearing one of the world's largest and rarest fruit bat babies, who has been named Fender. The ...

Flying foxes driving people bats THE gardens in Thuringowa are home to about 11,000 bats, with numbers skyrocketing in recent weeks.

ABLV is closely related to the rabies virus and is found in flying foxes, fruit bats and microbats.

An Australian man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, health officials said Thursday.

Australian bat lyssavirus was first identified in May 1996 by scientists at the national science agency Csiro, who examined brain tissue from a flying fox that had been showing “nervous signs ...

It has since been found in multiple species such as flying foxes, fruit bats, and insect-eating microbats. A fatality from the virus occurred in 1998, followed by the death of a child in 2012.

ABLV was first identified by the CSIRO in 1996, after a black flying fox exhibiting neurological symptoms was discovered near Ballina in northern New South Wales.

Infections that could trigger severe brain inflammation and respiratory disease have been discovered in bats in China. And there is currently no medication or vaccine to treat them.