Lek is considered common in bats despite little evidences support this hypothesis, likely due to the difficulties of observing them in the wild. After 9 months, now I am almost sure that Hipposideros armiger, one of the largest insect bats, does #lekking in TW Adrià López-Baucells - Connecting Bats & People

As the countdown begins, we are excited to start welcoming participants for nsab2025 at IISER Mohali Here's to an excellent line-up of women speakers at the symposium 🥂 Happy International Women's Day! ❤️

🦇 brain volume is shaped by flight, echolocation and diet. New 📄 in @iScience assessed the brain-endocast correspondence across 🦇, considering if changes reflect ecological adaptations. 👀🔎 cell.com/iscience/fullt…

🦇Celebrate Bat Appreciation Day this Thursday, April 17! Join a free YouTube livestream featuring global experts, amazing bat species, and conservation stories from around the world—all from home. 🔗 youtube.com/live/T8Cp-ttUn… #BatAppreciationDay #ausbats

'BatEchoMon: India's forst automated Bat Monitoring, Detection system' ' Bat Echolocation Monitor' :An Informative article by Sh Nikhil Sreekandan Nikhil Sreekandan #Bat #Echolocation #Spectogram #BatCalls #Monitor #Detect #Acoustics #BatEcology #Research #Conservation #UPSC

Do you study bats in mountain environments? My dear friend Ara Monadjem and I are organising a symposium on mountain bats at IBRC2025 ! Please please consider submitting an abstract! *Deadline 14th May* Details here: ibrc.org/symposia.html

A new species of bat from the Himalayas - the Himalayan Long-tailed Myotis (Myotis himalaicus). My first new species; a discovery made with my favourite collaborators from my favourite place in the Himalayas: Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttarakhand!

Happy to attend and present 🦇s at ICCON 2025. Wonderful ambience Wildlife Institute of India with deep insights on Wildlife conservation in India. If you want to know about how "Bats handle the noisy world" visit the Auditorium by noon tomorrow! #ICCON2025 #WII #Conservation 🦇🇮🇳

Baheerathan Murugavel presented his research on the acoustic parameters of anthropogenic noise and how it acts as a sensory barriers for bats. The study shares insights about species specific as well as community level consequences due to intense noise. IISER Mohali #ICCON2025

Baheerathan from Behavioural Ecology Lab (BEL @ IISER Mohali) spoke about his metanalysis on the impact of anthropogenic noise on bats ICCON 2025 Wildlife Institute of India.

🚨Our new study out today in Nature Communications. Bats can asymptomatically host multiple viruses while remaining apparently healthy. Here we identify how interferon-mediated responses protect bats and identify molecular adaptations in GBP1. Link: nature.com/articles/s4146…

🚨 New publication out today. Bats are over 1480 species. In this latest article, we discuss the diversity within bats and their immune systems. Elegantly led by the Becker and Frank laboratories. nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ny…

Two years Behavioural Ecology Lab (BEL @ IISER Mohali) and countless number of memories and learnings. Thanks to all who made this a memorable experience. Bid adieu Mohali! #BatLove #BirdLove

In midst of the ongoing push for electric vehicles, we Baheerathan M & Dr. Oliver Lindecke reviewed the effect of noise on bats & if EV is quieter & better for animals? 🦇🦗 Surprise 😬 There is sound of silence! Our work is out on bioRxiv today. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

Electric vehicles (EVs) are quiet alternates decarbonising transport but are EVs quiet for wildlife? With🦇s as a model,we Dr. Oliver Lindecke Manjari Jain review the impacts of noise acoustics & explore its implications for a future dominated by EVs 👇🔌🚗📢🏙️🦇 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Genetic analysis helps to reveal why flying foxes can measure almost 2 metres from wingtip to wingtip go.nature.com/46byAQw

Interested about seed-disperal by bats in the Asia-Pacific region? Don't miss this talk if you're attending #ibrc2025 Rohit Chakravarty IBRC2025

Glad to see our work on chiropterochory represented IBRC2025 Thank you Rohit Chakravarty for taking the wheel on my behalf Rimba Bat Conservation International

More fruit bat action awaiting @ibrc2025. If you are curious to see how bats can literally grab a bite, don't miss this speed talk #ibrc2025

New publication from my lab: Vampyrum spectrum, the Neotropics' largest carnivorous bat, is very cooperative. These gentle apex predators regularly provide prey for family members - documented in the wild for the first time. doi.org/10.1371/journa…