Global Bat Hunting Study @BatHuntingStudy

Research study | Kingston Lab | Texas Tech | Where and why are bats hunted? | Seen hunting? Tell us 👇 https://t.co/NCodcloJXE linktr.ee/bathuntingstudy Texas Tech University Joined March 2020

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Global Bat Hunting Study @BatHuntingStudy

6 years ago

Looking forward to this great talk from fellow Kingston Lab member @benrousette #bats #ttu #wildlife #nigeria

Bats without Borders @bats_w_borders

6 years ago

Join us for our last #WingedWednesday #webinar for 2020. We are really looking forward to this talk by @benrousette Director of @smaconbats and @_BCT_ #KateBarlowAward grantee. #bats #nigeria

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Ricardo Rocha @RicardoNature

6 years ago

I'm a truly honoured to be part of this event with such a great group of organizers & @InsideNatGeo Explorer. @nataliewildlife, @explorerkas & @personwatcher 👇🏾

Dr Maria Augusta Arruda BSc PhD FBPhS @guta1610

6 years ago

Today I met these gorgeous & talented people, who are going to share their stories in this @NatGeo + @UoNLifeSci's #ExcelinScience event, chaired by the one and only @clairemcnulty1! @SaraSleigh & I are ecstatic! 📅 Nov 25th (Wed), 5pm (GMT) REGISTER NOW: forms.nationalgeographic.org/NRB

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Lizzie Platt @HenlakeBats

6 years ago

Bats have different song cultures and chatter about food, sleep, sex and other bats phys.org/news/2020-11-s… via @physorg_com

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Global Bat Hunting Study @BatHuntingStudy

6 years ago

#flyingfox have been hunted out of the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi but it has not stopped people eating them. Commodity chains supply ~ 500 metric tons of #bat #bushmeat from other parts of the island, that’s 84 male African bush elephants!🐘 researchgate.net/publication/27…

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Bat Conservation International @BatConIntl

6 years ago

BCI requests proposals from talented graduate student researchers seeking financial support for their bat conservation research projects. Applications are open until 10/31 for the 2021 Student Research Scholarship for Global Bat Conservation Priorities. batcon.org/rfp

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Global Bat Hunting Study @BatHuntingStudy

6 years ago

Its 167! While the IUCN lists 114 species as directly hunted, Mildenstein et al. 2015 (link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…) found at least 167 species are hunted across the globe. That's over 10% of all #bat species! #Hunting #Conservation #IUCN #bushmeat #Wildlife

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Global Bat Hunting Study @BatHuntingStudy

6 years ago

How many bat species are hunted for food or medicine around the world?

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Global Union of Bat Diversity Networks (GBatNet) @GlobalBatNet

6 years ago

✨✨ We've been awarded by @NSF a 5-year AccelNet grant to support GBatnet! ✨✨ We're excited to advance interdisciplinary bat science & this grant will be key to making that happen! Press releases: TTU: today.ttu.edu/posts/2020/09/… SBU: news.stonybrook.edu/newsroom/new-g… AMNH: (coming soon)

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Casey G - Bird Nerd @CaseyGirard

6 years ago

Link to their scholarship fund, please donate if you can: gofundme.com/f/black-mammal…

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Bats without Borders @bats_w_borders

6 years ago

If you missed the 'bats and ecosystem services' webinar you can now catch up on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/7LAKbR2gECI

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Bat1k Genome Project @bat1kgenomes

6 years ago

Happy Monday! 🦇#Bat faces are so unique! What's your favorite crazy bat face? This great shot was taken by 📸: Dave Hemprich-Bennett @hammerheadbat

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Global Union of Bat Diversity Networks (GBatNet) @GlobalBatNet

6 years ago

The Kate Barlow Award is now open! For students anywhere in the world conducting research on bat conservation Learn more about the eligibility requirements here: bats.org.uk/our-work/award…

Bat Conservation Trust @_BCT_

6 years ago

Applications for the 2021 Kate Barlow Award are now open. The deadline for applications is 5pm GMT on the 24th November 2020. bats.org.uk/our-work/award…

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African Bat Conservation @African_Bat

6 years ago

Hope everyone is having a brilliant #baturday so far! 🦇 Check out this awesome Sundevalls leaf-nosed bat (hipposideros caffer) in flight 🤩 #photography #nature #bat #bats #africanbatconservation #africanbats #africa #science

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Zander Venter @ZanderVenter6

6 years ago

Incredible news! Norway has just payed 400 M kroner (~37M €) to make <5m resolution satellite imagery over 64 countries open-access from #Planet, #KSAT and #Airbus. + historical SPOT imagery back to 2002! #EarthEngine Read more: bit.ly/3j2blgk

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Global Bat Hunting Study @BatHuntingStudy

6 years ago

Arguably the most hunted bat in West and Central Africa, its population is declining and it is listed as near-threatened by the IUCN. 2/2 Learn more here: iucnredlist.org/species/7084/2… And here: animaldiversity.org/accounts/Eidol… #wildlife #science #bushmeat #conservation

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Global Bat Hunting Study @BatHuntingStudy

6 years ago

#HuntedBatOfTheWeek Straw-colored Fruit-bat (Eidolon helvum) 🦇Widely distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa, this #bat eats fruits & flowers, lives in migratory colonies of 100,000 to 1,000,000, with 15yr lifespan in the wild. #FunFact they sometimes chew soft wood for water. 1/2🦇

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Global Union of Bat Diversity Networks (GBatNet) @GlobalBatNet

6 years ago

Missed the talks from the #BatFest Global Bat Conservation Showcase hosted by @_BCT_? Catch up here: wke.lt/w/s/Vr4yWR Feat. @SheraGoesBoing, @Angelena_C_E, @LittleLeapers_, @paintedbat, @oli_aylen, @emmivanharten, @mgambarios, @devonbatproject, @jonrflanders, and more!

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African Bat Conservation @African_Bat

6 years ago

Amazing news! We have reached the £3000 mark on our fundraiser! You can help Esther reach her goal by donating to her fundraiser and supporting #WomenInStem 💪🏾 gofundme.com/f/women-in-ste…