Like a stealth fighter plane, the barbastelle bat uses a sneaky hunting strategy to catch its prey. Biologists combined three cutting-edge techniques to uncover the secret of this rare bat's success.

One of the rarest bats in the UK has been spotted during a "citizen science" project in Suffolk. Barbastelle bats were identified as one of 10 species seen in people's gardens in Woodbridge and Melton ...

The route of a proposed new bypass road could "spell the end of [an] incredible super colony" of rare Barbastelle bats, a wildlife expert said. The 3.9-mile (6.2km), multi-million pound Norwich ...

In 2019, a barbastelle bat made Britain's national news when it found its way into a high street shop. Unfortunately the bat didn't survive, but as a rare species in Britain, 'Joules' was donated to ...

A wildlife charity is hoping to raise nearly £14,000 to find out more about the rare barbastelles bat species. The Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust found the area's first barbastelle ...

‘Exceptional’ super-colony of endangered barbastelles found in path of proposed road near Norwich The centre of an “exceptional” super-colony of one of Britain’s most endangered bats has been ...

Hawns and Dendles wood is a national Dartmoor nature reserve and a perfect cradle for all sorts of wildlife including the rare and endangered barbastelle bat. There are only eight known colonies of ...

The ongoing evolutionary battle between predator and prey is brought into focus by new research on the hunting tactics of the barbastelle bat. As moths have evolved to hear its prey approaching, the ...

Barbastelle bats prey almost exclusively on eared moths, using "stealth echolocation" signals that are 10-100 times weaker than those of other aerial hawking bats. These low intensity signals prevent ...