GBatNet is happy to announce our partnership with the newly launched open-access bat call library, Chirovox! This was a project originally stared within our member network SEABCRU and involves long-standing collaborations between Hungarian, American, and Taiwanese scientists. We hope that more will join us as we continue to build the largest active, open-access bat call …
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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 …
Congrats to our member network UNEP/EUROBATS on their 30th anniversary! The strong commitment of signatory governments throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East has done so much to protect bats. Read their press release here.
The pre-registration for international attendees who need a visa to enter the US for the 19th International Bat Research Conference on/50th North American Society for Bat Research on 7 -12 August 2022 in Austin, Texas (US) is now open. Please see the instructions on the IBRC website. This system should ONLY be used by attendees that …
Scientific perceptions of bat conservation and COVID-19: Insights from the International Berlin Bat Meeting 2021 Abby Rutrough, Tigga Kingston & Susan M. Tsang The human dimensions of bat conservation has become even more relevant in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. To reflect this new direction in bat research, Dr. Tigga Kingston focused her invited …
How climate change is threatening bats By Yann Gager Manmade climate change is shifting natural habitats faster than ever—from global rises in temperature to increases in the frequency of extreme climate events. This has resulted in changes to the landscape that not all species can adapt to, with bats being no exception. According to a …
“Living Safely with Bats”: An Education Resource for Co-Existing with Bats Kendra Phelps, Stephanie Martinez & Emily Hagan Figure 1. Cover of the educational book, “Living Safely with Bats.” Bats, and wildlife species in general, typically avoid direct contact with humans. However, unintended interactions between humans and bats are occurring with increasing frequency …
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Rhinolophus malayanus, photo by Pipat Soisook by: Alexis M. Brown SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, shares a high degree of nucleotide similarity with a coronavirus of unknown human spillover potential isolated from bats. But does “high nucleotide similarity” between two viral strains mean that they are functionally equivalent, or that a virus found in …
Why are so many viruses being discovered in bats? Contributed by: Melissa Ingala In the age of COVID-19, the news abounds with reports of “new” viruses discovered in bats across the globe. Given all this new information, it’s reasonable to wonder why so many novel viruses are being discovered in bats, and how we …
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How ‘special’ are bats as reservoirs of human disease? By Cara Brook and Sarah Guth We think that bats are pretty special. Bats are the only mammals capable of powered flight, and they make up over 1,400 species—accounting for some one-fifth of the planet’s mammalian diversity! Bats offer many important services to the ecosystems they …
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