Bat numbers declined as Britain’s trees were felled for shipbuilding in the early colonial period, new research shows. The study, by the University of Exeter and the Bat Conservation Trust (BCT ...

Hundreds of thousands of bats are being killed every year because they mistake wind turbines for tall trees, a study has suggested. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

"Bats may not have the cognitive ability to differentiate wind turbines or other tree-like structures from real trees," the researchers said. Credit: Photo: ALAMY Bats may be lured to their deaths ...

A biologist has discovered a "lost" species of bat breeding on the Isles of Scilly (UK). A pregnant female brown long-eared bat is the first of its species to be found on the islands for at least ...

In the 1,388 trees surveyed for bats, another 20 amphibians were found between 2015 and 2019. ... UK. Gardeners quitting King’s Highgrove amid demands – report.

ANCIENT trees and rare habitats in North Yorkshire have been given extra protection with a larger Site of Special Scientific Interest designation. Castle Hill Deer Park, near Hemsley, has been ...

Some of the world's best cricketers will soon be playing with bats made from willow grown at a Newburgh Priory Estate, near Coxwold.