Rats! Why Toronto’s rat population is growing, and will likely continue to do so cp24.com/local/toronto/…

Fellow Mammalogists. As many of you are aware, science is in a state of turmoil in the United States. Recent efforts to drastically reduce government workforces and research funding for science will lead to many adverse consequences for Earth’s remaining natural ecosystems.

[New paper] An albino Malayan greater bamboo bat—possibly the first albinism record in this bamboo hollow-roosting group. Cute, but was found in a shoe cabinet. Sadly he didn't make it. Now a specimen in Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum. Thanks for your advice Adrià López-Baucells - Connecting Bats & People! lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/upl…

🦇 Earlybird registrations are now open for the 20th International Bat Research Conference (Cairns, Australia, 3-8 Aug 2025)! Register and submit your abstracts now! More info: ibrc.org #ibrc2025 #bats

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It’s only 6 Toronto area Beer Stores (for now). Two Loons IPA is available at these Beer Store locations; Spadina Ave south of Bloor Bayview north of Eglinton Laird Dr north of Millwood Don Mills north of Wynford Dr Dufferin Mall south of Bloor St. Clair Stockyards west of Keele

How a Forgotten Bean Could Save Coffee From Extinction - smithsonianmag.com/science-nature… @smithsonianmag

We’ve put together a handy infographic with all of the important dates leading up to the conference in August. Make sure to add them to your calendar! #ibrc2025 #ausbats #bats #batresearch

Unveiling the shelf life: A new cryptic species of Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from South America revealed by an integrative taxonomy approach doi.org/10.1093/jmamma… Using morphology, genetics, and ecological niche modeling approaches, a new bat species was discovered

Whether it’s a long weekend or it’s just been a long day, Truffle suggests you get outside

Here's your chance to research one of the most iconic species - the ghost bat! Excited to advertise this PhD opportunity. Closing date - 20 June 2025 cdu.edu.au/riel/postgradu…

My article on long-legged bats has been published today in PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environment with research led by Guilherme Garbino 🇧🇷 🇵🇸 including specimens at Royal Ontario Museum peerj.com/articles/19432 #Biodiversity #Biogeography #EvolutionaryStudies #Taxonomy #Zoology

New record of Platyrrhinus angustirostris Velazco, Gardner & Patterson, 2010 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in Colombia and potential distribution doi.org/10.15560/21.3.… via Check List Journal

Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis) acoustic behavior differs under different noise conditions doi.org/10.1093/jmamma… We examine how Guiana dolphins in southern Brazil adjust their acoustic behavior across noisy and quiet areas

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!

I will give a talk at The 20th International Bat Research Conference 2025 on Systematics and biogeography of tube-nosed bats, Murina (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), from the Philippines with descriptions of six new species. #ibrc2025 - via #Whova event app

Nectar drinking efficiency in lonchophylline and glossophagine bats: Are "pump-like" or "mop-like" tongues better doi.org/10.1093/jmamma… Nathan Muchhala Examined nectar extraction efficiency in a range of flower morphologies, finding that both tongue types are similarly efficient

Frank Bonaccorso talking about fruit bats in South Africa #ibrc2025 IBRC2025

Sreehari Raman starting his talk on bat diversity in the Western Ghats of India IBRC2025 ##ibrc2025

🦇News “Threatened microbat living in urban Illawarra stuns scientists” abc.net.au/news/2025-08-0… #ausbats #bats