Colony of bats evicted from high school (via KABB)

SAN ANTONIO – After sharing space with a small colony of Mexican Free-Tail bats, students at Communication Arts High School (CAHS) on the city’s northwest side are back in their classrooms today. “Bats in south Texas are pretty common. To See this number of bats in a particular campus is not common,” said Barry Perez with the Northside Independent School … Read More

Bat influenza viruses could infect humans (via ScienceDaily)

Bats don’t only carry the deadly Ebola virus, but are also a reservoir for a new type of influenza virus. These newly discovered flu viruses could potentially also attack the cells of humans and livestock, researchers have now shown. Source: ScienceDaily