Seven Queensland councils will get between $16,000 and $70,000 each to deal with nuisance flying-fox roosts in their cities.

The skies above Lake Burley Griffin are pretty vast. But potentially not vast enough to leave enough space for flying foxes and drones to travel across it at the same time.

Border residents are being cautioned against handling injured or distressed bats as health experts highlight the risks of lyssavirus, a potentially fatal disease akin to rabies. Layton is a ...

Samples of the Hendra virus, Lyssavirus and Hantavirus were discovered missing in August 2023. Although health experts have reassured there is no risk to the community, the laboratory has not been ...

“People heading outdoors are reminded to avoid any contact with bats, after it was confirmed that two recent exposures in South Australia last month involved bats carrying Australian Bat Lyssavirus ...

A rabies-like illness has been detected in a bat in Far North Queensland, as injuries from the animals rise. Lyssavirus was found in a flying fox by a Biosecurity Queensland laboratory test, the ABC ...