Excited to talk today at the ZOOlogy2025 Meeting at Artis Zoo, Amsterdam!
📍 Session: Digital Technology, Koningszaal
🕛 12:00
⚠️ Note the updated title
Would love to see you there and discuss how our work!
#ZOOlogy2025 #ConservationTech #WildlifeResearch #AIforGood 🦇🐬🐻
A rare glimpse into the secret social lives of these giants 🦇
Read the full study here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Kicking off the Education and Citizen Science symposium, Melissa Donnelly from Merlin Tuttle Bats talks about battling bat 🦇 misinformation & helping people make informed decisions @ibrc2025.bsky.social #ibrc2025
Amazing start to the International Bat Research Conference in Cairns! 🦇 🇦🇺 So great to reconnect with my esteemed friend and colleague Merlin Tuttle - nothing beats sharing our passion for bats with fellow researchers from around the world. #IBRC2025 #BatResearch #BatConservation
If you happen to be at the @ibrc2025.bsky.social in Cairns, come by my talk tomorrow at 9:45 AM!
I’ll be speaking about self-medication in phyllostomid #bats and a new technique to identify individual bats by their wingprints.
Would love to see you there!
#IBRC2025 #BatResearch 🍈🦇
Today 10th of June at 4 PM Panama time, I'll be giving a Tupper talk @stri_panama on self-medication in bats. Curious? Join me online and discover what bats are up to when they are immune-challenged! 🍈🦇
smithsonian.zoom.us/j/8724629288...
Password: 438162; Webinar ID: 872 4629 2885
Bats exhibit a diverse array of social behaviors, yet detailed studies on the intricacies of these interactions, particularly in rare species like the spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum), remain scarce. ...
Two super nice talks from @berlinbatlab.bsky.social today @ibrc2025.bsky.social! @RaffaellaCastiglione
introduced an amazing touchscreen setup for bat cognition studies; @MarisaTietge explored the social complexity of Vampyrum spectrum, the largest bat in the Americas 🤩🦇
#BatsRule #IBRC2025
Wow – what an intense and truly amazing 6 days at @ibrc2025.bsky.social! 🦇
Reconnected with old friends, made new ones, and had incredible conversations — all in the spirit of bat conservation and research.
Huge shoutout to the organizers for a perfectly run event! 🙌💙
#BatCommunity #Grateful
Just attended a very captivating and fun speed talk by Veli Monday Mdluli on bat education in South African schools 🦇📚 @ibrc2025.bsky.social
Inspiring work on breaking down prejudice through knowledge! 👏
#IBRC2025 #BatConservation #SciComm #EducationMatters
Spectral bats, the largest 🦇 in the Americas, aren’t just fierce carnivores with up to one meter wingspan. New research from @MarisaTietge from @berlinbatlab.bsky.social shows they hug, share food, play with bugs & huddle in “cuddle balls" doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Dr. Ralph Simon
Dr. Ralph Simon
New footage reveals spectral bats “hugging,” playing, and bringing food to their young
