Works carried out at a derelict cottage in Rossacroo forest has seen the population of Ireland’s rarest bat species in the area expand rapidly, according to Coilte. Coilte, which owns Rossacroo, ...

Slow-flying, woodland bats—which tend to be at greater risk from extinction than their speedier kin—really don't like the light, according to a study published online on June 18th in Current Biology, ...

Image of the Day: Horseshoe Bat Huddle The light-shy lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) is one of several species whose flight routes are thought to be affected by light pollution.

UEA researchers collected fecal samples from more than 50 lesser horseshoe bats in Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wales and sent them for viral analysis at Public Health England. Genome sequencing ...