Gabriela Peña

Biologist 🇨🇴🦇🐒. Bat ecology & Conservation
Fellow Mentor-Bat Program BCI/USFWS

[Instituto Humboldt @inst_humboldt]

🐒Hoy conmemoramos la increíble diversidad de primates en Colombia. Su conservación es clave para la salud de nuestros ecosistemas.

Conócelos en el Atlas de la biodiversidad de Colombia. Primates: 🔗https://t.co/PgQ20hHasg

[Journal of Bat Research & Conservation @BarbastellaJ]

🌎🦇 Vampire bats’ ranges aren’t shaped by climate alone; human pressures are key.

Check out this new 📄 showing that while D. rotundus thrives with anthropogenic expansion, specialists like D. youngii & D. ecaudata may lose ground.

https://t.co/Dqi2RDqFlY

[The Olympic Games @Olympics]

This is everything.

[Bat Conservation International @BatConIntl]

Is your love for bats written in the stars? Well, we think it is 💗 Read more about which bat species aligns with your zodiac sign in our recent blog post 🦇✨♉️ https://t.co/YbtJ3HQyzc

[Tigga Kingston @TiggaKingston]

Let's keep people and bats safe! New Field Hygiene Guidelines for anyone working with bats in the field from the IUCN SSC Bat Specialist Group. PASS IT ON!
@IUCNssc @BarbastellaJ @ibcr2022 @ebrs2024

[Iroro Tanshi, PhD @IroroTanshi]

Just spoke to the @BCI MENTOR-BAT fellows from Cameroon, Colombia and Indonesia. Thrilled to have shared the amazing work that @smaconbats is doing to save the Short-tailed Roundleaf bat in Nigeria, Eq. Guinea and Cameroon. Can’t wait to see these champions take on the world!

[Juan Diego Pineda-Dueñas @duenas_pineda]

A thank you to Andrew, for writing about my professional background, the importance of Oilbirds in South American ecosystems and why we must protect them! 🪶

[WILDLABS Community @WILDLABSNET]

Conservation technology is getting more accessible thanks to our new product: The Inventory.

The Inventory is a dynamic, wiki-style discovery platform to explore conservation tech. Learn what you can find on The Inventory and how you can help build it! https://t.co/52awAfl36b

[Carolina Espinosa Luna @espinosacrim]

Estoy iniciando una investigación sobre mujeres y violencia en la academia.
Busco a estudiantes o académicas universitarias que quieran dar su testimonio de manera confidencial.
Si alguna vez un académico o funcionario universitario:

[Nataly Castelblanco @N_CastelblancoM]

Increíble. Las fronteras políticas terminan impactando la conectividad de las poblaciones de animales silvestres, especialmente megafauna.

[Nataly Castelblanco @N_CastelblancoM]

🔥¿Did you know dolphins 🐬 can eventually harm baby manatees :3?

We described dolphin-manatee interactions in Belize in our new publication in @PLOSONE, by @EricAngelRamos and coauthors @jjkiszka @JamalGalves @N_castelblancoM et al.

➡️https://t.co/47EkGaT9WW
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[GustavoAlarcón-Nieto @AlarconNietoG]

📣Upcoming talk in Bogota by Dr. Kamran Safi on how technological advances have revolutionized the study of animal movement ecology.
@MPI_animalbehav @URosario
Free entry but registration required (follow link or QR)
https://t.co/8Ducwdcg8e

[Emily Grout @EmilyMayGrout]

My first PhD chapter is out as a preprint!🎉 Investigating white-nosed coatis, we collared entire groups and uncovered a fascinating pattern: consistent subgrouping with close relatives!📚

[GustavoAlarcón-Nieto @AlarconNietoG]

Applications now open for the Animal Movement Workshop in Colombia, January 15-19, 2024.

Deadline to apply: November 22nd, 2023.
https://t.co/HeewgXEayk

[batbnb @thebatbnb]

Bat Week Day 3:⁠
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A gentle side: Female Vampire bats have been documented adopting orphaned pups within their colony.⁠

This also helps the survival of the species.
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Leave a 🖤in the comments after you read this.⁠
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Happy #BatWeek
https://t.co/ob9CylAwRr

[GustavoAlarcón-Nieto @AlarconNietoG]

Workshop on Animal Movement Ecology in Colombia, January 15-19, 2024. A collaboration between el MPI of Animal Behavior and Universidad del Rosario.

Please share with colleagues, researchers, students and friends in Colombia

Pre-registration open now
https://t.co/J1ZiFEYxpE

[Gabriela Peña @gabpenab]

@Scholarshipscaf Biology zoology

[emzstone @emzstone]

We are looking for an excellent candidate for a fully funded PhD working on bats in Malawi with @batreslab @universityofbath co-supervised by @OrlyRazgour at the University of Exeter. Apply below! https://t.co/sIRBAMIVfR… #AfricanBats #globalsouthbats

[emzstone @emzstone]

FULLY FUNDED PHD on HYAENA!
I am looking for an excellent candidate for a fully funded PhD project @Universityofbath @MilnerCentre
with my Urban Hyaena Research Project in Malawi @CarnResMalawi
DEADLINE 10th December 2023
Apply below!
https://t.co/KRep3jSbdN...

[Mark Gately @GatelyMark]

South Africa is creating a protective no-fishing zone to safeguard breeding colonies of the endangered African penguin. Scientists say the penguin could be extinct in the wild by 2035 if current population trends continue.
https://t.co/QPMZYFvgS0