Global South Bats announces 2nd networking workshop and field course

September 24, 2024

Our member network, Global South Bats, has announced that they will be hosting their 2nd networking workshop and field course on bat identification, ecology, and conservation from 10 to 21 February, 2025 in Langkawi and Gomantong Cave, Malaysia. The workshop is open to nationals from the Global South, as defined by the United Nations, who …

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New Student Profiles Posted

May 10, 2024

Profile pages for all of our new students are now up! You can find them on the About page, or click through here to learn about each of our new student representatives! Nathaly Nicole Camargo Quiroga Lexi Frank Cheyenne Graham Andrea Bernal-Rivera Robin Rowland Sophio Maglakelidze Beatriz Dybas da Natividade Chiara Scaramella Franck Meyo Md …

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GBatNet Student Selection – Round 2 – 2024

GBatNet brings together 18 existing bat diversity networks and affiliated organizations from across the world with the shared vision of sustainable bat diversity in a changing world. Students are a key part of fulfilling this vision. GBatNet is committed to broadening participation in STEM both in the US and abroad, and we encourage application by …

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Sign Up for an Interdisciplinary Project!

If you were unable to attend IBRC in Austin, TX this past August, you can still sign up for any of the 15 different research or conservation project working groups! To learn more about each of the projects, go to our interdisciplinary projects page. You can join as a leader, member, or consultant depending on …

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Chirovox – the bat call library

Unlike most birds and frogs that use audible sounds, bats usually make high pitched calls that are beyond the hearing range of humans. Bat detectors provide great opportunities to nature lovers and scientists to understand secret life of bats by eavesdropping on their sounds. To date, the widespread application of bioacoustics to observe bats is …

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Bat Hunting and Exploitation Observation Data Portal

Long-term monitoring of bat exploitation around the world Around the world, bats are hunted, traded, and killed. They are hunted for food, medicine, and as sport; are traded as souvenirs; and are persecuted. In order to understand this exploitation and how it impacts the persistence of bat populations globally, we at GBatNet are calling upon …

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