Health authorities in a central Chinese city on Saturday reported the country's first death from a new type of coronavirus, ...

A group of mysterious bat viruses might be just one tiny mutation away from becoming a serious problem for humans, warn US researchers in a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature ...

New research by the University of Sydney offers important insights into how and when new coronavirus variants arise in bats. Bats are beneficial to our ecosystems and economy but, as habitat ...

A new coronavirus discovered in China is only a small step from mutating and causing another global pandemic, experts have warned. Scientists believe the variant, called HKU5-CoV-2, may infect a ...

Let's face it—bats get a bad rap. Their links to disease outbreaks and their spooky association with vampires influence their ...

Dr. Kimberli Miller, a Wildlife Disease Specialist at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center, collects field samples from a WNS positive cave in Vermont. (Kim Miller/USGS) The risk is low that ...