First bats captured in northern Madagascar are molossid species 🦇 They just need to jump out of the roost to hunt insects around croplands! Will we find agricultural pests in their faeces? David López-Bosch

Amazing night in Ankarana Reserve! So happy to meet again with Otomops madagascariensis, one of my favourite Malagasy bats 🦇 We captured 22 individuals of this endemic species, which roosts in caves and probably forages in both forests and nearby agricultural areas 🌾🪰

Recent writing retreat with students and other bat researchers in the Montseny Natural Park(Catalonia): one of the most grateful experiences in academia, especially with a group of such extraordinary young scientists and amazing people. Looking forward to welcome the new members!

📢Fantastic #PhD opportunity doing field work in #Africa & living in #Portugal 🌍 More information ⬇️⬇️ Global South Bats Global Union of Bat Diversity Networks (GBatNet) Bats without Borders Bat Con Africa

𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗥📢 As part of my PhD, we quantify, for the 1st time in Europe, the #EcosystemServices of #bats as insect pest suppressors in #rice paddies🌾🦇. Bats halved plant damage, saving ∼70 kg rice/ha, which translates into 💸56€/ha Read more👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.ecos…

We already have the Scientific Committee assemblage for the upcoming #EBRS2024 that's going to take place in #Tarragona next september! Do you want to meet all 16 of them? You can check our thread or go to our website! 🤓🧵🦇ebrs2024.com

Do you want to see where the #EBRS2024 will be held? The Tarragona Exhibition and Congress Center is a vintage modern auditorium built UNDERGROUND at the very center of #Tarragonacity! What a better place for a bat conference? 🦇🤩

Planning to conduct #ExclusionExperiments in agricultural areas to study #EcosystemServices?🐦🌾🦇 The Supp. Mat. of our recently published article provides easy-to-follow instructions for the construction🛠️🪚 and installation🪜of exclosures Check it 👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Bats are in trouble. That’s not good for anyone who likes mezcal, rice or avocado theguardian.com/environment/20…

Exploring data from our respective African bat diet studies with Laura Torrent 🦇 at BIOPOLIS-CIBIO. Thank you Vanessa Mata for guiding us so well! I look forward to telling you more about the role of protected areas in the pest suppression services provided by bats in Madagascar 🦇🌾🦗

⚠️Have you seen the 4⃣workshops pre and post-#EBRS? So hard to choose between these: - 11th European Bat Detector Workshop🎙️ - One-week Bat Field Ecology course🏕️ - Pit-tagging and cave-dwelling bats in the Bask Country🦇 - Automatic Radio-Tracking systems📡 Check it👇

⚠️Wings of Opportunity: help us make a difference Support a student from a non-high income country to attend our Bat Field Ecology workshop after the #EBRS 🦇 Every contribution counts towards empowering future conservation leaders! Help us, donate now: gofund.me/7b790c61

⚠️Exciting Opportunity: Last spots available for the Bat Field Ecology Workshop‼️ Join us in the stunning La Garrotxa (7-13 September). This is your chance to dive deep into the fascinating world of bat research 🦇 ⌛️Act quickly, the participant list closes on Monday, 5 August!

This month's #WingedWednesday #webinar is taking place Wed 25 September. Carme Tuneu-Corral sharing: 'Bats and rice: assessing the role of bats as insect pest suppressors in rice paddies' 3 pm southern African time (2pm BST |1pm GMT | 9am EDT) Register here: lght.ly/11pcl39

⚠️APPLICATIONS OPEN ‼️ 🌍Are you from an Asian, African, Latin American or Caribbean country of the #GlobalSouth? 🦇Are you passionate about #bats and their conservation? Apply for the 2nd Networking Workshop and Field Course on Bat Identification, Ecology and Conservation ⬇️

Fa uns dies en Xavier Puig, del #BiBio donà la xerrada plenària al congrés d'entomologia aplicada a Gijón🕷️🐛🦋🐞🐜🐝🦗🦟🪳🪲🪰Alguna cosa tindran a veure amb els 🦇;) En un dels últims estudis describim com alguns🪰tenen por de la veu dels🦇! ➡️Carme Tuneu-Corral per saber-ne més #bats

Last month, we celebrated our 50th #WingedWednesday webinar! We’re delighted to reach this milestone since launching the series in 2020. Thank you to all the amazing speakers and to everyone who’s joined us live or watched via YouTube: lght.ly/5gk2dag #ThrowbackThursday

Join us for the last #WingedWednesday webinar of 2024! Wed 27 Nov 3 PM Southern Africa We’re thrilled to host Dr Hernani Fernandes Magalhães de Oliveira sharing “The Conservation of Neotropical Cave-Dwelling Bats.” Sign up: lght.ly/2jl5n20 Credit: Hernani Oliveira

📢New article: Urban 🦇with more diverse diet than rural 🦇. Also, urban 🦇fed on more than twice as many agricultural pests 🪲 and six times as many nuisance insects 🦟as rural 🦇. Urban🦇 are important for human health! Great job Caro and team! doi.org/10.1016/j.land…

OFERTA DE PRÀCTIQUES PER ESTUDIANTS (I)📷📷 Busquem una/un estudiant interessat en realitzar pràctiques en un projecte multidisciplinar sobre serveis ecosistèmics i agricultura. Aquest estudi s'està desenvolupant en plantacions de tomàquet a Badajoz (Extremadura)...