This is particularly problematic for omnivores, especially when only looking at the plant component of the diet. Secondary consumption might lead to thinking a carnivore is an omnivore! Max Tercel's piece in Molecular Ecology summarises this beautifully: doi.org/10.1111/mec.15…

Resource competition drives an invasion-replacement event among shrew species on an island biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #bioRxiv

Yesterday I spent a) The morning in the woods: bursting with flowers and other life b) The afternoon in Killarney NP: nothing The contrast is just unbearable and unforgivable. In 2009 my place was in the same dying state as KNP, but has now been vibrant + expanding for a decade.

If you look into the eye of this bat and say that it's not cute, then you are a LIAR! This is a grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in Australia. 🤩 You're welcome, please share. #batsarecute #savethebats

The troubling fate of Ireland's smallest mammal: the mechanism behind the loss of the native pygmy shrew has been published by @ShrewGod and Sam Browett independent.ie/irish-news/new… Full paper at: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

What if we fail at conservation in Madagascar and its 52% of threatened mammals go extinct? Evolution would take 23 Mya to replace them. Rewarding collaboration out today in Nature Communications led by N. Michielsen with @LabDavalos @evo_island Alexandra van der Geer nature.com/articles/s4146…

BREAKING BAT NEWS! There are now 2, not 1, known Greater mouse-eared bats in Britain. This Critically Endangered species (UK) had dwindled to just one individual, but now a friend has appeared. Time to find if there is a local colony in Sussex! #bats #conservation (c) D Whitby

We are hiring!! We are looking for a part time research technician to run an exciting new single cell sequencing platform at University of St Andrews in the School of Biology! Apply here before 3rd March. Please RT! vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/25… Bat1k Genome Project @CentreBioDiv MaxPlanck-Psycholinguistics FENS Kavli Network

We radio-tagged another 4 greater horseshoe bats today to gather vital information about where they go to feed during the winter and spring. Thermal image of the bat flying past the grilled cave entrance (see warm outside air). #bats #motus #conservation Cellular Tracking Technologies

This extraordinary image was taken by Alan Kennedy in South Uist yesterday. The female otter dragged the hapless bunny off to a pool where she drowned it. She has 3 dependent young and they were apparently fed up with fish! Presumably an opportunistic catch for her.

Brilliant! Glad you enjoyed it! If anyone missed it, you can watch the recording via our website batswithoutborders.org/webinar-catch-… 🦇

Foraging guild modulates insectivorous bat responses to habitat loss and insular fragmentation in peninsular Malaysia sciencedirect.com/science/articl… terric project by Quentin Hazard Ana Filipa Palmeirim @LukeGibb0n Jeremy Froidevaux @TallyYoh et al #bats #SoutheastAsia

The extensively scorched landscape near the Valley on #AchillIsland this morning following yesterday’s serious fire - not only seriously risking lives and property but also highly destructive to protected habitats and wildlife

Irresponsible outdoor lighting contributes to light pollution. Does your community follow outdoor lighting best practices? 💡 Check out this graphic from DarkSky International for some ideas! #DarkAndQuietSkies #IDSW #DarkSkies4All

Awesome evening at the Royal Irish Academy detailing the #batsandbugs project & #bat diet #metabarcoding projects from Gwen Hurpy & James Nolan of UCD BatLab. Super proud & and a lot of exciting results! 😊 Bat Conservation Ire UCD BatLab Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc UCD Earth Institute UCD Science Emma Teeling

The new paper is out in Biodiversity and Conservation! The last one of my PhD 🤩 We evaluated how disturbed forests influence the activity of 7 aerial insectivorous 🦇 sp in relation to food 🦟, predation risk 🦉🔊, and moonlight 🌒. Follow the 👇🧶...

Applying genomic approaches to identify historic population declines in European forest bats🦇 Bridges the implementation gap between genomic research & direct conservation. Remains a need to carry out collaborative studies for other priority species📑 🔗doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

Massive congrats to Sam!!! Genomics Data Science - SFI CRT Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc UCD Science UCD Earth Institute

Hi everyone! Tomorrow at noon (French time, UTC +1), I will give a brief overview of my research on bats. You can follow it on youtube: blog.creamontblanc.org/?p=5396 (it will be in 🇫🇷 with slides in 🇬🇧)

🚨NEW PAPER ALERT🚨 from Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc UCD Earth Institute UCD Research & GMHughes Dr. Lauren Eve Simonitis 🇨🇺🇺🇸 My research reveals how cuttlefish ink can hijack a shark's sense of smell! 🦈🦑 This incredible defense mechanism acts as a "chemical smokescreen" academic.oup.com/g3journal/arti… [1/5]