Global Union of Bat Diversity Networks (GBatNet)

Bringing together 18 existing 🦇 networks for exploring complementary aspects of 🦇 to facilitate & enhance research addressing diversification & sustainability

[Australasian Bat Society @AusBats]

🦇A reminder abstracts are due for the joint Australian Mammal Society & Australasian Bat Society conference that will be held in Canberra this July.

More information here:
https://t.co/0jK5Hy2tbM
#amsabs26 #ausbats #bats

[Am Soc Mammalogists @Mammalogists]

Contrasting spatial and temporal activity patterns of bats at maternity roosts and swarming sites

https://t.co/ga4pk0v2Ys

[IBRC2025 @IBRC2025]

We’ve put together a handy infographic with all of the important dates leading up to the conference in August. Make sure to add them to your calendar!
#ibrc2025 #ausbats #bats #batresearch

[Bat Conservation International @BatConIntl]

Bat gate to the rescue! This juvenile California leaf-nosed bat expertly flies through a bat-compatible closure that will protect this roost from human disturbance and ensure safe bat passage.
Learn more about how we protect roosts like this at https://t.co/aqy7Se6knJ
📷 Josh Hydeman.

[Climatematch Academy @climatematch]

Our program welcomes applicants from numerous countries and diverse backgrounds. Whether you're from North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, or anywhere in between, your unique perspective can help shape the future of climate science.

📝 Apply by March 23: https://t.co/3hiKeovxrm

[Australasian Bat Society @AusBats]

🦇Go batty this season! Join the Australasian Bat Society for Bat Night 2025 – expert talks, bat walks, live streams & family fun across Australasia until June.

Events: https://t.co/annMYnHWys
Register: https://t.co/IIZ2udBwWI

[Australasian Bat Society @AusBats]

🦇Melbourne: Citizen Science Microbat monitoring - echolocation event at Westgate Park:
https://t.co/5rwM0V82bK

#ausbats #bats #melbourne

[Australasian Bat Society @AusBats]

🦇 Flying Fox Paralysis Syndrome (FFPS) has devastated Queensland’s flying foxes. Huge thanks to the vets, researchers, rescuers, and carers working tirelessly to save lives. Your dedication and compassion make all the difference.

Watch the report here:
https://t.co/iJsbrTK7Sp?

[Tharaka Kusuminda @TKusuminda]

New publication alert 📢📢

Taxonomy of Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846 in South Asia with description of a new species H. srilankaensis and resurrecting H. brachyotus from the synonymy.

https://t.co/40UfbQdmIr

[Australasian Bat Society @AusBats]

🦇Faunatech are hosting a free online beginners guide to acoustic bat surveys on Friday March 7th!

For more information and bookings, go here:
https://t.co/WrQHk6czL6

#ausbats #bats #batacoustics

[Global Union of Bat Diversity Networks (GBatNet) @GlobalBatNet]

https://t.co/iFDua4ABsG

[Journal of Bat Research & Conservation @BarbastellaJ]

🔊🦇 Bono’s Adventures – the great migration – is now available in #Spanish!

A 📖 written by #Kathleen #Röllig, illustrated by #Steffen #Gumpert and translated by @SECEMU_ and #SGHN!

🇬🇧 https://t.co/G9YWVdwXXM

🇪🇸 https://t.co/MX9BRYyRSO

[Bat Conservation International @BatConIntl]

Come work with us! We're hiring a variety of positions right now, with multiple hires in some positions. Learn more and apply at https://t.co/1K8avC2vFa. #ConservationCareers #GreenJobs #SustainabilityJobs #NonprofitJobs

[Valeria Tavares @ValeriaCTavares]

Almost 10 years after working hard to study and unravel variation of SA cave and rocky roosting bats here’s our first results for Furipterus 🦇@ggarbino @oliveirag @GlobalBatNet @bat1kgenomes @BatConIntl @sbeq @SBMastozoologia https://t.co/RiY6aI6qTT

[Bat Conservation Trust @_BCT_]

Bat-talks is now available on learn.bats - enjoy a front row seat at talks from conferences you couldn't attend over the last year: https://t.co/K87Vfq8JuH . More talks will be added during the year after conferences so the library of talks will evolve over time

[Bat Conservation International @BatConIntl]

It's the most wonderful time of the year 🦇

[Journal of Bat Research & Conservation @BarbastellaJ]

Migratory 🦇 are highly influenced by barrier effects, sex-biased timing of migration and the adaptive use of winds. Understanding their migration helps guide conservation, including offshore wind farm planning. 🦇🌊 #MovementEcology

📰🔎 https://t.co/ACU3cp6Oz4

[Burton Lim @burtonlim]

Just published, the genome sequence of the greater two-lined sac-winged bat Saccopteryx bilineata, based on @ROMtoronto fieldwork in Suriname and research collaboration with @bat1kgenomes @Sonja_Vernes @EmmaTeeling1 et al., photo by Alex Borisenko https://t.co/IvWddS2AJW

[batbnb @thebatbnb]

Is it snack time yet? 😉🦇🥭

A Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus wahlbergi) feeding on fruit in Kenya. These bats play a key role in African reforestation.
📷️: @MerlinTuttlesBats

[Australasian Bat Society @AusBats]

Wonderful to see the Christmas Island Pipistrelle call being recognised by the National Film and Sound Archive in their 10 Sounds of Australia for 2024 🦇

https://t.co/nqDqtVK013
#ausbat #bats