There is hope for one of the country’s rarest species after a giant bat was found at a Kent landmark for the first time in 40 ...

according to bat experts. The greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) was declared extinct in 1992, before a single male was found in a disused railway tunnel in West Sussex in 2002 and another in ...

Keen’s myotis is brown in color, darker above than below, and its fur is silky, not glossy like that of the little brown bat which it resembles. The ears of this species are long, narrow, and extend ...

Experts say a breeding pair of the species has not been found in the UK for decades.