Sep. 11—When Nicholas Mascarenas recently walked out of his uncle's room at Presbyterian Hospital, he thought a bird flew over his head. "I asked a nurse traveling in the opposite direction (if) she ...

PHOENIX - They’re here, and there are so many of them, in fact, that it was picked up on weather radar. On June 29, thousands of bats emerged from the bat cave along the Arizona Canal Trail, and ...

Scientists were surprised to see their recording of swarming bats revealed a rat attack. (Gloza-Rausch et al, Global Ecology and Conservation) Bats carry lots of viruses – including variants of the ...

PHOENIX - From a child who is in extremely critical condition following a rescue on South Mountain to a bat swarm that managed to get picked up by a weather radar in Phoenix, here's a look at some of ...

Researchers are studying how bats can carry deadly viruses, but not develop symptoms. They found that what happens during swarming behavior -- like social gatherings for bats -- may hold the key to ...

FENTRESS, Texas (KXAN) — Troy Swift counted 397 bats swarming out of a tall home near San Marcos one evening. It was the most the pecan farmer had seen since the home had been built several years ...

A group of women spent hours hiding under bedsheets after a hidden bat infestation suddenly awakened, turning their Airbnb into a biting, screeching “house of horror,” according to their attorney. A ...

Some of the deadliest viral diseases that infect people are carried by bats, like Nipah virus (which has mortality rate of 40 to 70 percent in infected people), Ebola virus, and Marburg virus (which ...

Scorpions and owls aren't the only nocturnal creatures Arizonans are likely to to encounter. Arizona is home to 28 bat species, from the small, agile Myotis to the newest discovery, Mexican long nosed ...