Our warmest recommendation: a very special book about #bats by brilliant bat specialists and one of the best bat photographers Christian Ziegler!

If you were waiting for a reason to hit Buy Now on Bat Island, look no further🔽 A masterpiece by Christian Ziegler Dina Dechmann ⭐️ Teague O'Mara Rachel Page and Marco Tschapka. In tribute to Eli Kalko. Buy NOW: geni.us/batislandglobal

natur pur! ein weihnachtsgeschenk mit bildern von Christian Ziegler, dechmannlab ⭐️ und vielen anderen. The release of ‘BAT ISLAND’ marks a milestone, sharing the captivating natural history, ecological insights, and social behavior of Barro Colorado Island's bats.

Pretty excited about this new book that just arrived! Christian Ziegler dechmannlab ⭐️ Teague O'Mara Smithsonian Panama

The Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene saw massive human-linked #extinctions among #megafauna - but what happened to survivors? Based on genomics data for 139 extant megafauna, we show they experienced severe parallel declines as well Nature Communications 🦬🐘🐫🦒🦁 nature.com/articles/s4146…

‘A biodiversity catastrophe’: how the world could look in 2050 – unless we act now theguardian.com/environment/20…

„Bat Island“ entführt in die besondere Welt tropischer Fledermäuse🦇. Der spektakuläre Bildband mit Fotos🎞️ von Christian Ziegler wurde vom Smithsonian Panama herausgegeben, im Andenken an die Ulmer Biologin Elisabeth Kalko t1p.de/Bat-Island *wt/📸: Ziegler #uulm Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

All! A postdoc position with our institute. A great opportunity to join the team...

This holiday, the organizers of #GfP2024 in #Konstanz are giving the gift of primatology 🎁🎄🐒 The Early Bird discount has been extended to Jan 15 🥳 A very happy holiday to those who celebrate. ⏰Register⏩ uni-konstanz.de/gfp-2024/ Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Universität Konstanz Meg Crofoot

Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction." "We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateCrisis vox.com/2019/4/12/1830…

The Internet of Animals is part of the upcoming issue of MIT MIT Technology Review on hidden worlds 🦅🐋🐢🦋🐘🦇 Beautiful story by Matthew Ponsford including Ryan Pavlick Diego Ellis Soto and Martin Wikelski Migration Dept., Max Planck Inst. Animal Behavior (depicted in color with #icarus wings 🛰️) technologyreview.com/2024/02/22/108…

SWR features important research by dechmannlab ⭐️ DeeAnn Reeder Adrià López-Baucells - Connecting Bats & People et al. showing that there is *no* widespread transmission of viruses by African bats. Original MS Royal Society Publishing 👉royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… Story in🇩🇪 swr.de/wissen/zoonose…

Zoë Goldsborough; Brendan Barrett; Meg Crofoot Male-biased stone tool use by wild white-faced capuchins #primates #capuchins #tools #behavior onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Data collected during the #Coiba Bioblitz led by Christian Ziegler, Omar R Lopez Alfano, PhD et al., continues contributing to science 🫶🏻. Capuchins and agouti meet on the forest floor of Coiba islands like nowhere else🫢, check it out to learn about their dynamics👇🏻 Senacyt Panamá Ciencia En Panamá #CienciaEnPanamá

New study in NatureClimate shows that maintaining a forest cover of > 40% is critical to ensure #seed dispersal mediated by birds – a process key to restore fragmented tropical forests: nature.com/articles/s4155… Carolina Bello Daisy Dent Thomas Crowther University of Exeter UNESP

Book Review | In “The Internet of Animals,” Martin Wikelski (Migration Dept., Max Planck Inst. Animal Behavior) highlights what insights humans can learn from creatures great and small. undark.org/2024/05/17/boo…

Ever wondered how high the heart rate of a bat reaches during flight? Curious about how many insects they need to eat to satisfy their energy demands during sperm-production? Read our latest paper: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.10… 💗 Thanks Javier Lazaro - science & wildlife art for the stunning illustration!

We're proud to be leading the way in advancing tropical science and inspiring others: "Barro Colorado’s most important contribution to ecology may be in serving as inspiration to try similar things elsewhere." Read more The Economist: s.si.edu/3LjaWpB

#mpiab researchers recorded the hearts of bats continuously over days, including night flights 🦇🌙🫀 How, you might ask? Well...it all starts with brute-force telemetry. By Lara Keicher and Dina Dechmann ⭐️ Migration Dept., Max Planck Inst. Animal Behavior IMPRS-QBEE Universität Konstanz royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…