Amazing start to the International Bat Research Conference in Cairns! 🦇 🇦🇺 So great to reconnect with my esteemed friend and colleague Merlin Tuttle - nothing beats sharing our passion for bats with fellow researchers from around the world. #IBRC2025 #BatResearch #BatConservation
August 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Amazing start to the International Bat Research Conference in Cairns! 🦇 🇦🇺 So great to reconnect with my esteemed friend and colleague Merlin Tuttle - nothing beats sharing our passion for bats with fellow researchers from around the world. #IBRC2025 #BatResearch #BatConservation
#batmigration #gradschool #batresearch #womeninSTEM #BatWeek2025 #Halloween #BatConservationInternational #BCI #WildlifeResearch
October 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🦇Did you know bats sing and take turns “talking”?
In her lecture Bats in Translation, Mirjam Knörnschild shares insights from 20+ years studying how bats learn and use social calls in the wild.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z_vSbsUaZ4
#AnimalCommunication #Bioacoustics #BatResearch
In her lecture Bats in Translation, Mirjam Knörnschild shares insights from 20+ years studying how bats learn and use social calls in the wild.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z_vSbsUaZ4
#AnimalCommunication #Bioacoustics #BatResearch
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🦇Did you know bats sing and take turns “talking”?
In her lecture Bats in Translation, Mirjam Knörnschild shares insights from 20+ years studying how bats learn and use social calls in the wild.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z_vSbsUaZ4
#AnimalCommunication #Bioacoustics #BatResearch
In her lecture Bats in Translation, Mirjam Knörnschild shares insights from 20+ years studying how bats learn and use social calls in the wild.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z_vSbsUaZ4
#AnimalCommunication #Bioacoustics #BatResearch
For me, the important question is: what influence does the dew point have on the calling behavior of bats?
#nexus #bioacoustics #batresearch
#nexus #bioacoustics #batresearch
December 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
For me, the important question is: what influence does the dew point have on the calling behavior of bats?
#nexus #bioacoustics #batresearch
#nexus #bioacoustics #batresearch
🦇 Bats make up nearly 25% of all mammal species — but tracking the tiniest ones is still a tech challenge.
In our latest blog, Dr Mostafa Awaid explores how smart wearable devices could change that.
🔗 Read more: batmanlab.wixsite.com/batman/blog
#WildlifeTech #Ecology #BatResearch #Conservation
In our latest blog, Dr Mostafa Awaid explores how smart wearable devices could change that.
🔗 Read more: batmanlab.wixsite.com/batman/blog
#WildlifeTech #Ecology #BatResearch #Conservation
News | Batman
View the latest updates from the BATMAN project including publications, public engagement events and more.
batmanlab.wixsite.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🦇 Bats make up nearly 25% of all mammal species — but tracking the tiniest ones is still a tech challenge.
In our latest blog, Dr Mostafa Awaid explores how smart wearable devices could change that.
🔗 Read more: batmanlab.wixsite.com/batman/blog
#WildlifeTech #Ecology #BatResearch #Conservation
In our latest blog, Dr Mostafa Awaid explores how smart wearable devices could change that.
🔗 Read more: batmanlab.wixsite.com/batman/blog
#WildlifeTech #Ecology #BatResearch #Conservation
If you happen to be at the @ibrc2025.bsky.social in Cairns, come by my talk tomorrow at 9:45 AM!
I’ll be speaking about self-medication in phyllostomid #bats and a new technique to identify individual bats by their wingprints.
Would love to see you there!
#IBRC2025 #BatResearch 🍈🦇
I’ll be speaking about self-medication in phyllostomid #bats and a new technique to identify individual bats by their wingprints.
Would love to see you there!
#IBRC2025 #BatResearch 🍈🦇
August 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
If you happen to be at the @ibrc2025.bsky.social in Cairns, come by my talk tomorrow at 9:45 AM!
I’ll be speaking about self-medication in phyllostomid #bats and a new technique to identify individual bats by their wingprints.
Would love to see you there!
#IBRC2025 #BatResearch 🍈🦇
I’ll be speaking about self-medication in phyllostomid #bats and a new technique to identify individual bats by their wingprints.
Would love to see you there!
#IBRC2025 #BatResearch 🍈🦇
Get ready for a full day of expert-led workshops at the 20th IBRC on Wednesday Aug 6th!
Free for delegates (registration required), or grab a 1-day pass here: whova.com/portal/regis...
Details: www.ibrc.org/workshops.html
#IBRC2025 #BatResearch
Free for delegates (registration required), or grab a 1-day pass here: whova.com/portal/regis...
Details: www.ibrc.org/workshops.html
#IBRC2025 #BatResearch
May 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Get ready for a full day of expert-led workshops at the 20th IBRC on Wednesday Aug 6th!
Free for delegates (registration required), or grab a 1-day pass here: whova.com/portal/regis...
Details: www.ibrc.org/workshops.html
#IBRC2025 #BatResearch
Free for delegates (registration required), or grab a 1-day pass here: whova.com/portal/regis...
Details: www.ibrc.org/workshops.html
#IBRC2025 #BatResearch
Bianca has landed in #Vanuatu! 🦇
On Nguna Island, she’ll join day & night bat surveys with local rangers, exploring unique bat habitats, supporting local conservation efforts, and connecting with communities.
A fantastic and unique field trip organised through #IBRC2025
#Bioacoustics #BatResearch
On Nguna Island, she’ll join day & night bat surveys with local rangers, exploring unique bat habitats, supporting local conservation efforts, and connecting with communities.
A fantastic and unique field trip organised through #IBRC2025
#Bioacoustics #BatResearch
August 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Bianca has landed in #Vanuatu! 🦇
On Nguna Island, she’ll join day & night bat surveys with local rangers, exploring unique bat habitats, supporting local conservation efforts, and connecting with communities.
A fantastic and unique field trip organised through #IBRC2025
#Bioacoustics #BatResearch
On Nguna Island, she’ll join day & night bat surveys with local rangers, exploring unique bat habitats, supporting local conservation efforts, and connecting with communities.
A fantastic and unique field trip organised through #IBRC2025
#Bioacoustics #BatResearch
[ NEW TEAM PAPER ]
🦇🎤 Passive acoustic monitoring of 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘀 holds huge potential, but how do bat counts correlate with actual numbers? Which factors affect detectability? New metrics & models could revolutionize our understanding. Time to standardize protocols & share data! #BatResearch #Bioacoustics
🦇🎤 Passive acoustic monitoring of 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘀 holds huge potential, but how do bat counts correlate with actual numbers? Which factors affect detectability? New metrics & models could revolutionize our understanding. Time to standardize protocols & share data! #BatResearch #Bioacoustics
Current frontiers in the passive acoustic monitoring of bats
Passive acoustic monitoring of bats is used in a growing number of studies in applied and basic research, from local to global scales. Despite the publication of good-practice recommendations, sev...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
[ NEW TEAM PAPER ]
🦇🎤 Passive acoustic monitoring of 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘀 holds huge potential, but how do bat counts correlate with actual numbers? Which factors affect detectability? New metrics & models could revolutionize our understanding. Time to standardize protocols & share data! #BatResearch #Bioacoustics
🦇🎤 Passive acoustic monitoring of 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘀 holds huge potential, but how do bat counts correlate with actual numbers? Which factors affect detectability? New metrics & models could revolutionize our understanding. Time to standardize protocols & share data! #BatResearch #Bioacoustics
IBRC delegates protest visa denials of 8 researchers from Africa and Asia.
#ibrc2025 #batresearch
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ibrc2025 #batresearch
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event
Organisers say move will damage nation’s scientific standing as government refuses to comment on why group of scientists were refused entry
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
IBRC delegates protest visa denials of 8 researchers from Africa and Asia.
#ibrc2025 #batresearch
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ibrc2025 #batresearch
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Positive 🦇 story
#lovebats #batresearch #conservation #batconservation #trees
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#lovebats #batresearch #conservation #batconservation #trees
phys.org/news/2025-11...
The secret life of baobabs: How bats and moths keep Africa's giant trees alive
Baobabs are sometimes called "upside-down trees," because their branches look like roots reaching skyward. Of the eight species of baobab in the world, six are confined to Madagascar, one to northern ...
phys.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Positive 🦇 story
#lovebats #batresearch #conservation #batconservation #trees
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#lovebats #batresearch #conservation #batconservation #trees
phys.org/news/2025-11...
New study alert! Sexually selected vocalizations of Greater Mouse-Eared Bats
We recorded male Myotis myotis in mating roosts and found complex vocalizations with an individual signature and pronounced seasonal variation. Check it out!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We recorded male Myotis myotis in mating roosts and found complex vocalizations with an individual signature and pronounced seasonal variation. Check it out!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 6, 2026 at 9:35 AM
🙌🏻THANK YOU to everyone who made this possible! @jtaylor_tweets @NJTemperton | @BatResearch @ZJE_institute for cool bat cell work | @compton_lab for my wonderful time at @theNCI | & @RichardSloanLab @EdinUni_IRR for the opportunity to take on this PhD in the first place! 7/7🧵
November 25, 2024 at 9:26 PM
🙌🏻THANK YOU to everyone who made this possible! @jtaylor_tweets @NJTemperton | @BatResearch @ZJE_institute for cool bat cell work | @compton_lab for my wonderful time at @theNCI | & @RichardSloanLab @EdinUni_IRR for the opportunity to take on this PhD in the first place! 7/7🧵
Paper out! To what extent are bats carriers of viruses, including harmful ones? Bats don’t always carry many viruses—Our research on Christmas Island flying-foxes revealed a limited diversity in their RNA virome. Huge thanks to all the authors! Check it out!
#BatResearch #OneHealth #RNAviruses
#BatResearch #OneHealth #RNAviruses
Limited diversity of bat-associated RNA viruses in endangered and geographically isolated Christmas Island flying foxes
Bats are commonly thought to harbour a high diversity and abundance of RNA viruses, some of which are able to jump species boundaries to emerge in new…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Paper out! To what extent are bats carriers of viruses, including harmful ones? Bats don’t always carry many viruses—Our research on Christmas Island flying-foxes revealed a limited diversity in their RNA virome. Huge thanks to all the authors! Check it out!
#BatResearch #OneHealth #RNAviruses
#BatResearch #OneHealth #RNAviruses
Our Winter Bats project is underway! Detectors across Alberta are listening for winter bat activity - evidence of nearby hibernacula. Using a predictive map (created by our summer intern with our input), we’re narrowing down the search for wintering sites. Stay tuned for updates! 🦇❄️ #BatResearch
October 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Our Winter Bats project is underway! Detectors across Alberta are listening for winter bat activity - evidence of nearby hibernacula. Using a predictive map (created by our summer intern with our input), we’re narrowing down the search for wintering sites. Stay tuned for updates! 🦇❄️ #BatResearch
Share your 🦇 sightings with us!
If you’ve spotted a bat in a bat box recently, let us know in the comments with:
📅 Date
📍 Province
🏙️ City
To learn more about bats and our work at the Canadian Wildlife Federation, visit: HelpTheBats.ca
#DoMoreForWildlife #BatResearch #HelpTheBats
If you’ve spotted a bat in a bat box recently, let us know in the comments with:
📅 Date
📍 Province
🏙️ City
To learn more about bats and our work at the Canadian Wildlife Federation, visit: HelpTheBats.ca
#DoMoreForWildlife #BatResearch #HelpTheBats
November 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Share your 🦇 sightings with us!
If you’ve spotted a bat in a bat box recently, let us know in the comments with:
📅 Date
📍 Province
🏙️ City
To learn more about bats and our work at the Canadian Wildlife Federation, visit: HelpTheBats.ca
#DoMoreForWildlife #BatResearch #HelpTheBats
If you’ve spotted a bat in a bat box recently, let us know in the comments with:
📅 Date
📍 Province
🏙️ City
To learn more about bats and our work at the Canadian Wildlife Federation, visit: HelpTheBats.ca
#DoMoreForWildlife #BatResearch #HelpTheBats
IBRC2025 travel grant deadlines have been extended until 14 May 2025!
Submit your application here:
www.ibrc.org/travel-grant...
#ibrc2025 #bats #batresearch
Submit your application here:
www.ibrc.org/travel-grant...
#ibrc2025 #bats #batresearch
May 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
IBRC2025 travel grant deadlines have been extended until 14 May 2025!
Submit your application here:
www.ibrc.org/travel-grant...
#ibrc2025 #bats #batresearch
Submit your application here:
www.ibrc.org/travel-grant...
#ibrc2025 #bats #batresearch
August 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Unable to attend #IBRC2025 in person? Register for the online option to engage with the bat community via Whova.
Access recorded plenaries & abstracts!
Note: This is not a hybrid event—talks will not be live-streamed.
Register here: whova.com/portal/regis...
#IBRC2025 #BatResearch
Access recorded plenaries & abstracts!
Note: This is not a hybrid event—talks will not be live-streamed.
Register here: whova.com/portal/regis...
#IBRC2025 #BatResearch
July 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Unable to attend #IBRC2025 in person? Register for the online option to engage with the bat community via Whova.
Access recorded plenaries & abstracts!
Note: This is not a hybrid event—talks will not be live-streamed.
Register here: whova.com/portal/regis...
#IBRC2025 #BatResearch
Access recorded plenaries & abstracts!
Note: This is not a hybrid event—talks will not be live-streamed.
Register here: whova.com/portal/regis...
#IBRC2025 #BatResearch
The International Bat Research Conference in Cairns, Australia is just over two months away! We encourage all attendees to ensure their travel documents are in order and that their passports are valid now.
For additional details and updates, please visit our website.
#ibrc2025 #bats #batresearch
For additional details and updates, please visit our website.
#ibrc2025 #bats #batresearch
May 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The International Bat Research Conference in Cairns, Australia is just over two months away! We encourage all attendees to ensure their travel documents are in order and that their passports are valid now.
For additional details and updates, please visit our website.
#ibrc2025 #bats #batresearch
For additional details and updates, please visit our website.
#ibrc2025 #bats #batresearch
[NEW PAPER]
What a surprising behavior !
🦇Greater noctules (𝘕𝘺𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴) soar above 400 meters, using echolocation to chase and snatch nocturnal migratory passerines mid-flight—unlocking a high-altitude feast most predators can’t reach.
#batresearch #bioacoustics
What a surprising behavior !
🦇Greater noctules (𝘕𝘺𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴) soar above 400 meters, using echolocation to chase and snatch nocturnal migratory passerines mid-flight—unlocking a high-altitude feast most predators can’t reach.
#batresearch #bioacoustics
Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight
Despite billions of passerines seasonally migrating during the night at high altitudes, only three bat species have been found to consistently tap into this rich prey resource. However, it remains unk...
www.science.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
[NEW PAPER]
What a surprising behavior !
🦇Greater noctules (𝘕𝘺𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴) soar above 400 meters, using echolocation to chase and snatch nocturnal migratory passerines mid-flight—unlocking a high-altitude feast most predators can’t reach.
#batresearch #bioacoustics
What a surprising behavior !
🦇Greater noctules (𝘕𝘺𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴) soar above 400 meters, using echolocation to chase and snatch nocturnal migratory passerines mid-flight—unlocking a high-altitude feast most predators can’t reach.
#batresearch #bioacoustics
Check out Dr. Wilkinson's team in action, doing fieldwork on big brown bats in Trinidad! 🦇🌿 #BatResearch #Fieldwork #AgingResearch #IISAGE
January 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Check out Dr. Wilkinson's team in action, doing fieldwork on big brown bats in Trinidad! 🦇🌿 #BatResearch #Fieldwork #AgingResearch #IISAGE
A friendly reminder that IBRC2025 travel grant applications and abstract submissions close on Wednesday the 14th of May at 11.59pm AEST!
All information, head to- www.ibrc.org
#ibrc2025 #bats #batresearch
All information, head to- www.ibrc.org
#ibrc2025 #bats #batresearch
May 12, 2025 at 6:42 AM
A friendly reminder that IBRC2025 travel grant applications and abstract submissions close on Wednesday the 14th of May at 11.59pm AEST!
All information, head to- www.ibrc.org
#ibrc2025 #bats #batresearch
All information, head to- www.ibrc.org
#ibrc2025 #bats #batresearch
Although I could not attend the 2023 PIIN meeting, my trainees kept us updated. They obviously had a lot of fun. Shoutout to Victoria for winning an Excellence in Research Award. All of you make us so proud. 👏🏾 #LZCI #BatResearch #LoveVirology
September 26, 2023 at 7:08 PM
Although I could not attend the 2023 PIIN meeting, my trainees kept us updated. They obviously had a lot of fun. Shoutout to Victoria for winning an Excellence in Research Award. All of you make us so proud. 👏🏾 #LZCI #BatResearch #LoveVirology