Rare lesser horseshoe bats are gradually making a re-appearance in Oxfordshire after being virtually absent for decades. At one time, this species of bats was common across England, but it retreated ...

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.

Many people would not describe bats as cute. This is likely because of bats’ associations with viruses, darkness, and evil. Granted, bats are somewhat weird animals, being the only mammals that can ...

It is the first time that a sarbecovirus (SARS-related coronavirus) has been found in a lesser horseshoe bat and the first to be discovered in the UK. The research team say that these bats will almost ...

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 ...

It is the first time that a sarbecovirus (SARS-related coronavirus) has been found in a lesser horseshoe bat and the first to be discovered in the UK. The research team say that these bats will almost ...