Bat tests positive for rabies, officials warn people to avoid odd-acting animals

A bat found in a Loganville backyard tested positive for rabies, and Gwinnett County officials are urging people to avoid ...

Rare red bat rescued in Maine gobbles up mealworms

A rare Eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis) is recovering after being found struggling in the surf on a Maine beach. Earlier ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Where Did Bats Originate? Huge Genetic Study May Have Settled the Longstanding Debate and Rewritten the Creatures’ Evolutionary Tree

The flying mammals likely arose 65 million years ago in Europe, before spreading to Africa and then the rest of the world, according to the new research ...

Fox in Screven County, dead bat test positive for rabies

A wild fox in Screven County has tested positive for rabies as officials elsewhere in Georgia report another animal has also ...

Bat with broken wing treated with laser therapy

The animal was found injured in the street and vets hope to have it home by Halloween.
Science Daily

Bats may have first evolved in Europe 65 million years ago

A huge genomic and fossil study suggests bats first evolved in Europe around 65 to 60 million years ago before spreading ...