The little brown bat's range is a large portion of North America from Alaska to Labrador, south into central Mexico. Its distribution in the southern U.S. is spotty, and it is absent from much of ...

A new coronavirus in bats, similar to that of the virus responsible for Covid-19, has been discovered by researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, potentially signalling a new risk ...

The family that trained Ripken The Bat Dog — best known for fetching bats and football kicking tees during sporting events in North Carolina — says the black Labrador has died.

Ripken, a beloved black Labrador Retriever and friend to several ... He also played the role of "bat dog" at Durham Bulls games, going out to fetch bats after plate appearances for Bulls players.