Proud to announce my first ever paper has now been published!! read it here bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Also, it's open access!! #openaccess #Evolution #mutualism

A single heatwave wipes out about one third of all Spectacled Flying-foxes in Australia! abc.net.au/news/2018-12-1… via @ABCNews Let's not forget the immense public service that wildlife volunteers provide during these worryingly common events. DONATE: gofundme.com/5xlfprs?fbclid…

We’re researching the critically endangered Christmas Island flying-fox. Assessing the size of the population, where individuals roost & forage, breeding behaviour & success, & their health Flying-foxes are important pollinators & seed dispersers Annabel Dorrestein Christopher Todd 1/2

It is a treat to visit Christmas Island & work with enthusiastic students & volunteers. This research commenced in 2015 & will continue for at least another 2-yrs. It takes time to learn a species secrets, & nocturnal species can be even more secretive BATsLAB Animal Ecology Lab 2/2

So excited to see our study on the impacts of yellow crazy ant on Christmas Island flying-foxes published! buff.ly/2R4Ke5q Professor Justin Welbergen Dr John Martin Christopher Todd BATsLAB Animal Ecology Lab Western Sydney U - HIE buff.ly/2W5KEwa

"Crazy ants were associated with an increase in flying‐fox activity levels of up to 22%. [..] Further studies are needed [..] to better understand the declines and extinctions of these and other vertebrates in island ecosystems worldwide" Bat Conservation International Australasian Bat Society Bat_papers

Using weather radar data to monitor flying-foxes for much-needed management and conservation. See paper in Scientific Reports: nature.com/articles/s4159… @RadarAndStuff, @rodvdr, @BatCount #bats, #fruitbats, #conservation, #wildlifemanagement,

Our new paper is now online in PLOS Pathogens : Possibility for reverse zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to free-ranging wildlife: A case study of bats dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

I am SO SO excited Eliane McCarthy is coming to Christmas Island in 1,5 weeks to apply this method to the Christmas Island #flyingfox! 🦇 Thanks to Bat Conservation International we'll be able to monitor inaccessible areas on the island and aid conservation of this Critically Endangered Species🥳

After two weeks of cyclone weather fieldwork mostly consists of clearing roads, and not so much of bats... We will get there though!! 💪 #fieldwork #phdlife

Drone-based thermal imagery can accurately & precisely measure flying-fox colony abundance - VIP to conserve these #threatened species globally …lpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rs… Eliane McCarthy👏👏👏 BATsLAB Animal Ecology Lab Western Sydney U - HIE Taronga Zoo Australasian Bat Society Bat Conservation Trust Bat Conservation International The Australian Mammal Society

Very rare footage of #variableflyingfoxes catching moths and eating them! The bat on the left makes a tent with her wings to stop the moth in flight, then catches it in her wrist to eat it. This is very fascinating behavior and amazing that it’s been caught on camera!

Excited to see this much needed forum come to fruition!

Today we’ve kicked off the 1st Pacific Islands Bat Forum! We aim to increase bat conservation across the region. The forum is free, you’re welcome to join ausbats.org.au/pacific-bat-fo…

WOW! Anyone know where this is?

New(ish) paper on roost selection by male #hoarybat in #redwood forests of Northern California. Led by Skye Salganek academic.oup.com/jmammal/advanc…

New analysis from ⁦@EcoHealthNYC⁩ in ⁦Royal Society Publishing⁩ to understand global patterns and correlates in the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in humans #AMR royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Check out our new paper out today!