It was a rabid bat out of hell. A kindly California art teacher died of rabies after she was bitten by a bat that she was trying to rescue in her classroom, ABC30 first reported. The death of ...

A central California teacher died last month after she was bitten by a bat that presumably had rabies inside her classroom, officials and a friend of the woman said.

The fate of the suspected bat is also unknown ... being infected by rabies in the state this year, according to the California Department of Health, with nearly a quarter (41) taking place ...

While white-nose syndrome has not yet been observed in any bat in California, the presence of the fungal pathogen suggests the disease could manifest in California’s bats within the next few ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The fuzzy, golden pallid bat officially became California's state bat in 2024. Here's why it's celebrated by farmers, conservationists, and bat enthusiasts.