Experts believe pipistrelle lost its way and flew into family home. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent. ... Bat bites two-year-old boy in cot in ‘incredibly rare’ incident.

The Christmas Island pipistrelle The Christmas Island pipistrelle, a bat species found only on an Australian island, has been declared extinct. The final nail in the coffin was hammered in as part ...

The pipistrelle bat, who weighed just five grammes, was found exhausted, dehydrated and close to death near Dorchester in Dorset. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT.