In the darkness of old church attics, surprisingly romantic scenes take place as male greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis), the largest native bat species in Europe, compete for the attention of ...

Who doesn't love love — especially when it's good for the environment? A thrilling discovery in the South Downs National Park brings renewed hope for biodiversity in Britain. Conservationists have ...

In an age of biodiversity decline and habitat loss, the news that a species is making a comeback – however gradual – is something to celebrate. Some exciting recent discoveries suggest that a bat once ...

Britain's loneliest bat may have finally found a mate just in time for Valentine's Day after flying solo for over 30 years. Just one male greater mouse-eared bat has been found across the country ...

Foraging greater mouse-eared bats invest more resources in hunting large, difficult-to-catch, ground-dwelling insects over smaller, more easily caught flying insects, despite a greater risk of failure ...

For more than two decades, researchers knew of just a single, male individual of the greater mouse-eared bat that would repeatedly hibernate in an unused railway tunnel in Sussex, U.K. This male bat ...

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Four of the nine species of Adirondack bats belong to the genus Myotis, the mouse-eared bats. The little brown bat is the most abundant of the four, and is the common bat of the region. During the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — This week, a creature that is often feared is instead being celebrated internationally as various agencies and organizations work to show the important role of bats in nature ...