Learn why scientists are closely watching HKU5, a type of coronavirus that only needs a small mutation to be able to transfer from bats to humans. Jack Knudson is an assistant editor for Discover ...

Viruses that originated in bats have overwhelmed humans in past pandemics, and more could be on the way if mutations end up allowing them to spread. An understudied group of coronaviruses known as ...

An injured bat that was rescued from a back garden turned out to have an extremely rare, rabies-like virus, the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs has said. The animal was found earlier this ...

Bats have become the poster child of emerging zoonotic disease. The creatures harbor a vast array of viruses—some of which ...

HKU5-CoV-2 is a coronavirus belonging comes from the merbecovirus subgenus A new bat coronavirus, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered in China. A Chinese team of ...

Scientists have raised "urgent concerns" after discovering new bat viruses in China, including two that are closely related to deadly pathogens. Of the 20 new viruses found in bats in the Yunnan ...

An overlooked subgroup of bat viruses may be just one minor mutation away from being able to infect humans and potentially set off the next pandemic. This is the warning of a team of U.S.-based ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Aussies who want to avoid contracting a deadly and untreatable virus should avoid touching bats that may have fallen out of trees. The bats may be infected with lyssavirus, a deadly virus with no ...