Australasian Bat Society

The Australasian Bat Society is a non-profit organisation whose primary aim is to promote the conservation of all Australasian bats.

[Australasian Bat Society @AusBats]

The Society has decided to discontinue using this platform.

To keep up with our latest news and updates follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

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🦇WEBINAR
A reminder that our next webinar will be this Thursday- the 25th of June at 6pm AEST.

Reserve your ticket here-https://t.co/EyPP7xrKSr
#ausbats #bats #newcaledonia

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🦇MEDIA
Yahoo! News
“Aussie property owner instantly solves fence problem taking councils months to fix”

Read here:
https://t.co/l1GtlPOWb4
#ausbats #flyingfox

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🦇This week’s Gardening Australia featured ABS member Kaori!
The segment about the effects of light pollution can be viewed here-

https://t.co/0e4ZrZKXcd
#bats #ausbats #lightpollution

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🦇Save the date for this years Flying-fox Forum!
#ausbats #flyingfox #flyingfoxforum

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🦇A lovely Little Forest Bat (Vespadelus vulturnus) by ABS member George!
You can follow George on instagram @uncle_maddog
#ausbats #bats #microbats

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🦇Have you booked your ticket for our next webinar?
Join us on Thursday, 25 June, as we welcome conservation scientist @Malik_OEDIN from New Caledonia. Get your ticket here:
https://t.co/EyPP7xrKSr
#ausbats #newcaledonia

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🦇Kamerunga, Queensland
Friday May 29th- Film viewing get-together and bat detection walk: "Flight from Extinction: The Gray Bat Story"
Book your ticket here:
https://t.co/Mf8CyljPz8
#ausbats -#bats #batnight

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🦇MEDIA
The New Zealand bat fly (Mystacinobia zelandica) and its relationship with the Lesser Short-tailed Bat (Mystacina tuberculata).

Read here-
https://t.co/zksmyT5JeT
#ausbats #nzbats #batfly

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🦇NEW RESEARCH

https://t.co/jDvnCT95RF
#ausbats #batresearch #paralysistick

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🦇Booragul, New South Wales
Super Saturday Session: Microbats and Landcare in Cooranbong, Saturday 13 June 2026
Book here:
https://t.co/qA66xIUPs1
#ausbats #microbats #bats

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🦇Congratulations to Friends of Bats and Bushcare in Melbourne on their 20 years of soft release for Grey- headed Flying-foxes.
What a fantastic milestone!

https://t.co/oAjGOHNdin
#ausbats #bats

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🦇Adelaide, South Australia
Friday May 29th- Scipub Bats

Book your spot here-
https://t.co/kaKehw0c9M
#ausbats #bats #scipubbats

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🦇Port Melbourne, Victoria
Sunday May 24th: Westgate Park Microbat Monitoring
RSVP here:
https://t.co/NGHUqRDe8B

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🦇A stunning image of a Troughton's Sheath-tailed Bat (Taphozous troughtoni) leaving an old mine shaft in North Queensland by Jannico Kelk!

You can follow Jannico on Instagram- https://t.co/rJVJnFh36k
#ausbats #bats

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WHA in collaboration with the Australasian Bat Society have published a new communication guide for bats. The guide Flying-foxes and Microbats: A Communication Guide for Researchers and Associated Media Teams: https://t.co/sEsv0NvwVv

[Nicholas Wu @NicholasWuNZ]

New @J_Exp_Biol by @anna_langguth showing bent-winged bats emerging from torpor have elevated immune response 🦇

🔗 https://t.co/9D54ZWiYTy

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🦇Happy Mother’s Day to all of the phenomenal Mums!

Pictured is a Grey-headed Flying-fox mother giving birth in care.
#ausbats #bats #flyingfox

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🦇Join us on Thursday 25 June for our next webinar with Malik Oedin, a conservation scientist from New Caledonia specialising in flying fox ecology and management.

Reserve your spot: https://t.co/EyPP7xrKSr
#ausbats #bats #batresearch

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🦇Main conference (Tues–Thurs) registrations are now closed due to capacity (250). Waitlist and online options remain. Limited spots still available for Monday’s 1-day symposiums (Dasyurids; Bats & Wind Farms)

More here-
https://t.co/0jK5Hy2tbM
#amsabs26