Coronavirus hunters looking for the next pandemic threats have focused on China and southeast Asia, where wild bats carry SARS-CoV-2’s closest known relatives. But a survey of UK bat species suggests ...

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.

A coronavirus related to the virus that causes Covid-19 in humans has been found in UK horseshoe bats - according to new collaborative research from the University of East Anglia, ZSL (Zoological ...

National Grid is safeguarding the critical habitats of these nocturnal mammals across several of its sites, including the cable tunnels at Dinorwig power station. National Grid is currently replacing ...

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 ...

The Irish Naturalists' Journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that has published issues every year since 1925. It is unique in scope and content, covering all aspects of Natural History, and is ...

A coronavirus related to the virus that causes Covid-19 in humans has been found in UK horseshoe bats. However, there is no evidence that this novel virus has been transmitted to humans, or that it ...