Exclusive: Report finds Natural England has created no new SSSIs, which protect areas from development, since 2023

Bats use echolocation to get around, but it wasn’t clear how these creatures managed to navigate dense environments—until now

The days are getting shorter, the temperatures are dropping. Numerous animals are migrating south, others are seeking their hibernacula—including bats.

HS2's so-called bat tunnel has become a political scapegoat, used to justify rolling back environmental protections. But the real story is very different. This page breaks down what the bat tunnel is,...

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 f...

Migratory bats are experiencing substantial increases in mortality risk from wind energy developments, but data on their migratory behavior and population dynamics are often lacking. Here, we develop ...

The rare sighting of a venomous black adder has prompted warnings to dog owners and families

New research by Johns Hopkins neuroscientists reveals instant compensation strategy that other animals might share

For the first time, bats that breed in coastal caves have been observed migrating across the country to spend the winter in Troodos. During their journey from the coast to the mountains, the bats trav...