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In this week's blog post, we separate fact from fiction and sift through the most common bat myths. 🦇 batcon.org/five-false-myt…

We are delighted to announce that applications are open for our Networking Workshop and Field Course on Bat Identification, Ecology and Conservation that will take place in Malaysia in February 10-21, 2025! Visit globalsouthbats.org/malaysia for info on how to apply. Please RT 🦇

Research postdoc position on predators-prey (carnivores-ungulates) relationships. University of Bern (Conservation Biology). Please distribute as broadly as you can.

Many ecologists are excited about new tech - eg AI, ecoacoustics, automated monitoring... And some imply that this tech will help reverse biodiversity loss Without decisive socio-political action on the nature emergency, all this tech will do is document further loss & collapse

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Do you know anyone looking for a PhD in conservation social sciences? Share these awesome opportunities with the Welsh Graduate School for Social Sciences Bangor University! Potential applicants should contact supervisors to develop a proposal (submission deadline 11th Dec).

🦇Get ready to celebrate #BatWeek with a professional development webinar "WILD About Bats," to learn to teach about bats and bat conservation. Registration is FREE for the first 150 educators. #ProjectWILD 🦇 Register ➡️ forms.office.com/r/JSy89WT2fP Or scan the QR code in image ⬇️

This is wonderful perspective from Olivier -- always keep a growth mindset to your work. Accept when you are wrong (as we all are) and learn from it. Thanks for being a leader Olivier!

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Big congratulations to our co-executive director, @irorotanshi on her selection as one of the top ten Finalists for the 2025 Emerging Conservationist Award! We are proud of all the work you do for small-sized mammals. #IndianapolisPrize #SMACON #SmallMammalConservation

🗣️ Important bat news ahead of Bat Week! The companion study to the 2023 State of the North American Bats report was published today in the Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, providing the most comprehensive assessment of North American bats to date, identifying major

"Most of the peer-reviewed academic articles referenced in ESA listings came from low-IF or no-IF journals that tended to focus on specific taxa or regions." - conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co…

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I'm at #COP16 in Cali, Colombia with the Bat Conservation International delegation to advance global bat conservation efforts. Just us at our side event Weds at 10:10 to talk about contributions of bat conservation to the GBF & UNSDG.

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🔊 A few months ago, @urban_ecologist et al. quantified the online, ornamental trade in #Kerivoula #picta. 👀🔎 doi.org/10.1007/s10344… 🆕 Now, @BronwenHunter et al. used an automated pipeline to monitor trade in 🦇 on e-commerce platforms. 👀🔎doi.org/10.1016/j.bioc…

Echolocating bats use an acoustic cognitive map for navigation 🦇🧭🔊 Latest research Science Magazine by Aya Goldshtein with The Bat Lab + Iain Couzin Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour Universität Konstanz Paper ➡️science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Story 👇ab.mpg.de/634947/news_pu…

The Animove course is one of the best ways to learn and apply analytical approaches to understanding animal movement data. Lectures are now free through the Universität Konstanz & MPI-AB is on Bluesky @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social by Safi_Lab @safilabmpi Martina Scacco now on @mscacco.bsky.social and more!

Bats surf storm fronts!!! Technically we're on the cover! (Top right) Thrilled to get this paper out in Science Magazine! Using novel ICARUS tags we track spring bat migration across central Europe. MPI-AB is on Bluesky @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social dechmannlab ⭐️