Ben Paris
@nzbatman.bsky.social
#Conservation #scicomm, passionate about #nzbats. Opinions my own. Repost/follows not endorsements. ❤️ #batspotting 🦇 #teampekapeka 🌳 #nzdotterel 🐥 #pestfreeAKL 🐀
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Ben Paris
@nzbatman.bsky.social
· Jan 5
Study underway to learn if bats can be used as 'agricultural tool'
Researchers are studying whether the critically threatened pekapeka-tou-roa / long-tailed bat can be used as pest control on rural properties.
www.1news.co.nz
🦇 It's not clear how many long-tailed bats are left, but when dusk falls, rural properties near Waiuku, on Auckland's southern border, become a pekapeka-tou-roa hotspot.
Read more at 1News: www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/05/s...
#nzbats #bats #aklbiodiversity #pestfreeakl 🦇
Read more at 1News: www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/05/s...
#nzbats #bats #aklbiodiversity #pestfreeakl 🦇
Had an amazing time at the Regional Auckland Predator Free Hui today! The speakers were incredibly inspiring. But, the highlight of these gatherings is always the opportunity to connect with passionate individuals face-to-face
#PredatorFree #Auckland #pestfreeAKL #Community #Conservation #Networking
#PredatorFree #Auckland #pestfreeAKL #Community #Conservation #Networking
November 2, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Had an amazing time at the Regional Auckland Predator Free Hui today! The speakers were incredibly inspiring. But, the highlight of these gatherings is always the opportunity to connect with passionate individuals face-to-face
#PredatorFree #Auckland #pestfreeAKL #Community #Conservation #Networking
#PredatorFree #Auckland #pestfreeAKL #Community #Conservation #Networking
Imogen from Auckland Council speaks on the challenges of managing all pests in a growing largest city #predatorfreehui @predatorfreenz.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Imogen from Auckland Council speaks on the challenges of managing all pests in a growing largest city #predatorfreehui @predatorfreenz.bsky.social
Jessi for @predatorfreenz.bsky.social speaking at the #predatorfreehui about a culture shift and collaboration benefiting all of us 🐀
November 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Jessi for @predatorfreenz.bsky.social speaking at the #predatorfreehui about a culture shift and collaboration benefiting all of us 🐀
Definitely going to use this on my house 🦇🦇
October 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Definitely going to use this on my house 🦇🦇
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Do bats hold the keys to long life? And maximizing "health spans"? An interesting dive into bat physiological studies and a discussion of what we might learn from long-lived animals like bats.🦇
youtu.be/8HSpJbWqfBs?...
youtu.be/8HSpJbWqfBs?...
Do bats hold the secret to human longevity?
YouTube video by RAZOR Science Show
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October 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Do bats hold the keys to long life? And maximizing "health spans"? An interesting dive into bat physiological studies and a discussion of what we might learn from long-lived animals like bats.🦇
youtu.be/8HSpJbWqfBs?...
youtu.be/8HSpJbWqfBs?...
The town with no hedgehogs #predatorfreenz thespinoff.co.nz/science/21-1...
The town with no hedgehogs
In a country where hedgehogs have spread to almost every habitat, none live in this small South Island town. Here's why that's such a big deal.
thespinoff.co.nz
October 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The town with no hedgehogs #predatorfreenz thespinoff.co.nz/science/21-1...
The Environmental Services team are looking for Biosecurity Ambassadors to help safeguard our kauri forests 🌳 and marine spaces 🌊
Apply now:
🔗 Team Coordinator: lnkd.in/gVqhyMc4
🔗 Biosecurity Ambassador: lnkd.in/gyszryGs
🔗 Marine Biosecurity Role: lnkd.in/gfHZdERM
#Auckland #jobs #pestfreeAKL
Apply now:
🔗 Team Coordinator: lnkd.in/gVqhyMc4
🔗 Biosecurity Ambassador: lnkd.in/gyszryGs
🔗 Marine Biosecurity Role: lnkd.in/gfHZdERM
#Auckland #jobs #pestfreeAKL
October 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Environmental Services team are looking for Biosecurity Ambassadors to help safeguard our kauri forests 🌳 and marine spaces 🌊
Apply now:
🔗 Team Coordinator: lnkd.in/gVqhyMc4
🔗 Biosecurity Ambassador: lnkd.in/gyszryGs
🔗 Marine Biosecurity Role: lnkd.in/gfHZdERM
#Auckland #jobs #pestfreeAKL
Apply now:
🔗 Team Coordinator: lnkd.in/gVqhyMc4
🔗 Biosecurity Ambassador: lnkd.in/gyszryGs
🔗 Marine Biosecurity Role: lnkd.in/gfHZdERM
#Auckland #jobs #pestfreeAKL
“It’s not about trees versus houses,” she says. “We also have huge areas like sports fields that could do with a lot more trees around the edges. Every bit of canopy helps.” @ecostanley.bsky.social #aklbiodiversity newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/17/f...
Five reasons urban trees make sense
Comment: The trees lining our streets and parks are quietly delivering a host of benefits – from cooling and cleaning the air to improving our health and wellbeing.
newsroom.co.nz
October 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
“It’s not about trees versus houses,” she says. “We also have huge areas like sports fields that could do with a lot more trees around the edges. Every bit of canopy helps.” @ecostanley.bsky.social #aklbiodiversity newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/17/f...
🦇Halloween Special Bat Walk 🦇
📅 Date: Friday 31st October 2025 @ 7:20pm
🗺️ Location: (Details and directions will be sent to registered attendees)
🎟️ Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/pekapeka-w...
Spaces are limited, but don’t worry if you miss out, more Bat Walks are coming over the next few months.
📅 Date: Friday 31st October 2025 @ 7:20pm
🗺️ Location: (Details and directions will be sent to registered attendees)
🎟️ Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/pekapeka-w...
Spaces are limited, but don’t worry if you miss out, more Bat Walks are coming over the next few months.
October 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🦇Halloween Special Bat Walk 🦇
📅 Date: Friday 31st October 2025 @ 7:20pm
🗺️ Location: (Details and directions will be sent to registered attendees)
🎟️ Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/pekapeka-w...
Spaces are limited, but don’t worry if you miss out, more Bat Walks are coming over the next few months.
📅 Date: Friday 31st October 2025 @ 7:20pm
🗺️ Location: (Details and directions will be sent to registered attendees)
🎟️ Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/pekapeka-w...
Spaces are limited, but don’t worry if you miss out, more Bat Walks are coming over the next few months.
Reposted by Ben Paris
Running a little late but here I am back with #FatBatWeek extended.
This little lad is one of my favourite species – the NZ short-tailed bat, pollinator of the flower of Hades with frybread and a offbrand L&P.
@nzbatman.bsky.social @forestandbird.bsky.social @batcon.org
This little lad is one of my favourite species – the NZ short-tailed bat, pollinator of the flower of Hades with frybread and a offbrand L&P.
@nzbatman.bsky.social @forestandbird.bsky.social @batcon.org
October 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Running a little late but here I am back with #FatBatWeek extended.
This little lad is one of my favourite species – the NZ short-tailed bat, pollinator of the flower of Hades with frybread and a offbrand L&P.
@nzbatman.bsky.social @forestandbird.bsky.social @batcon.org
This little lad is one of my favourite species – the NZ short-tailed bat, pollinator of the flower of Hades with frybread and a offbrand L&P.
@nzbatman.bsky.social @forestandbird.bsky.social @batcon.org
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🦇 Celebrate #BatAppreciationMonth with #WillEskridge @donutbat.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/bBaqM...
youtube.com/shorts/bBaqM...
Day 3: the little long fingered bat #art #weirdart #bats #drawing
YouTube video by Will Eskridge
youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Today a social media memory popped up, reminding me that fifteen years ago, I started my bat journey in Hamilton, co-founding Project Echo to help people discover the amazing world of our native bats. We ran some bat walks at the Waikato Museum that surprisingly completely sold out... 🦇
September 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Today a social media memory popped up, reminding me that fifteen years ago, I started my bat journey in Hamilton, co-founding Project Echo to help people discover the amazing world of our native bats. We ran some bat walks at the Waikato Museum that surprisingly completely sold out... 🦇
Colouring wharenui for #māorlanguageweek at Bunnings New Lynn
September 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Colouring wharenui for #māorlanguageweek at Bunnings New Lynn
It was great to meet Clare Cudmore-Neame and Catherine Budai in real life for the launch of Matt the Bat and the Bird of the Year at Remuera Library this morning to celebrate their book inspired by the true story of Forest & Bird’s #BirdOfTheYear 🦇
September 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
It was great to meet Clare Cudmore-Neame and Catherine Budai in real life for the launch of Matt the Bat and the Bird of the Year at Remuera Library this morning to celebrate their book inspired by the true story of Forest & Bird’s #BirdOfTheYear 🦇
Reposted by Ben Paris
Read our latest blog post by @laura-paltrinieri.bsky.social, whose research reveals how temperature and rainfall affect the body size of European bats. 🦇
Laura offers insights into their resilience, vulnerability, and what it means for conservation in a warming world. 🌍
bit.ly/3GsQunp
Laura offers insights into their resilience, vulnerability, and what it means for conservation in a warming world. 🌍
bit.ly/3GsQunp
How is bat size affected by climate?
Author: Laura Paltrinieri, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid Global environmental change is one of the greatest challenges facing biodiversity. Rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patt…
besclimatechange.wordpress.com
July 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Read our latest blog post by @laura-paltrinieri.bsky.social, whose research reveals how temperature and rainfall affect the body size of European bats. 🦇
Laura offers insights into their resilience, vulnerability, and what it means for conservation in a warming world. 🌍
bit.ly/3GsQunp
Laura offers insights into their resilience, vulnerability, and what it means for conservation in a warming world. 🌍
bit.ly/3GsQunp
Reposted by Ben Paris
It’s not quite national telly but Ben also came onto HANZ to speak about pekapeka, probably my personal favoured BOTY episode! Give it a listen if you haven’t already! historyaotearoa.com/2021/10/23/7...
September 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It’s not quite national telly but Ben also came onto HANZ to speak about pekapeka, probably my personal favoured BOTY episode! Give it a listen if you haven’t already! historyaotearoa.com/2021/10/23/7...
As Bird of the Year in Aotearoa swings into full campaign mode for 2025, I found myself reflecting on my time as the pekapeka spokesperson during the one (and only) time a bat was allowed in the competition 🦇
September 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
As Bird of the Year in Aotearoa swings into full campaign mode for 2025, I found myself reflecting on my time as the pekapeka spokesperson during the one (and only) time a bat was allowed in the competition 🦇
📣 It was so great to be a bat cheerleader for Ana last night as she talked at the Auckland Zoological Society about the benefits of an undergraduate student attending the @ibrc2025.bsky.social conference last month, including meeting her hero Merlin Tuttle 🦇 #ibrc2025
September 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
📣 It was so great to be a bat cheerleader for Ana last night as she talked at the Auckland Zoological Society about the benefits of an undergraduate student attending the @ibrc2025.bsky.social conference last month, including meeting her hero Merlin Tuttle 🦇 #ibrc2025
Reposted by Ben Paris
Three hoiho were killed in fisheries incidents in the last quarter. An emergency set net fishing ban to protect the rare penguin—the 2024 Bird of the Year—comes into effect at 5 pm today.
Fishing net ban to protect hoiho – Expert Reaction www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/09/16/f...
Fishing net ban to protect hoiho – Expert Reaction www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/09/16/f...
Fishing net ban to protect hoiho - Expert Reaction
An emergency set net fishing ban to protect yellow-eyed penguins around the Otago Peninsula begins at 5 pm today.
The three-month ban follows a voluntary closure by set-net fishers last week and earl...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
September 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Three hoiho were killed in fisheries incidents in the last quarter. An emergency set net fishing ban to protect the rare penguin—the 2024 Bird of the Year—comes into effect at 5 pm today.
Fishing net ban to protect hoiho – Expert Reaction www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/09/16/f...
Fishing net ban to protect hoiho – Expert Reaction www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/09/16/f...
Reposted by Ben Paris
Ahead of the start of #BirdOfTheYear tomorrow, I've made a Bluesky feed which should gather all #boty content. Feel free to like/pin it! @forestandbird.bsky.social
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bsky.app/profile/did:...
September 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Ahead of the start of #BirdOfTheYear tomorrow, I've made a Bluesky feed which should gather all #boty content. Feel free to like/pin it! @forestandbird.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Reposted by Ben Paris
The Guardian Australia, 15/9/2025
“Scientists fear this ‘cute’ and ‘chonky’ flying fox could be one cyclone away from extinction”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#bats #🦇
“Scientists fear this ‘cute’ and ‘chonky’ flying fox could be one cyclone away from extinction”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#bats #🦇
Scientists fear this ‘cute’ and ‘chonky’ flying fox could be one cyclone away from extinction
Christmas Island flying fox numbers have declined as endangered species left without recovery plan
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The Guardian Australia, 15/9/2025
“Scientists fear this ‘cute’ and ‘chonky’ flying fox could be one cyclone away from extinction”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#bats #🦇
“Scientists fear this ‘cute’ and ‘chonky’ flying fox could be one cyclone away from extinction”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#bats #🦇
Reposted by Ben Paris
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✨ I wish more people knew… bats are working for YOU. 🦇
From mosquito-free summer nights to tequila, bananas, and even chocolate—bats quietly make our lives way better (and cheaper).
The bottom line? Protect bats, protect your fun! 🍹🍫
👉 Swipe through for 5 selfish reasons to love bats.
(Deutsch)
From mosquito-free summer nights to tequila, bananas, and even chocolate—bats quietly make our lives way better (and cheaper).
The bottom line? Protect bats, protect your fun! 🍹🍫
👉 Swipe through for 5 selfish reasons to love bats.
(Deutsch)
September 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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