Remember…
Bats aren’t spooky, they’re adorable 💕Here, an Ectophylla alba pup chilling under a leaf tent gets a surprise visit… from a katydid.
Happy Halloween 🦇🦇🦇

New publication from my lab: Vampyrum spectrum, the Neotropics' largest carnivorous bat, is very cooperative. These gentle apex predators regularly provide prey for family member – documented in the wild for the first time.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...

In the field in Abruzzo National Park, watching Daubenton’s bats hunt over water at night. Excited to co-supervise Chiara Belli’s PhD together with Danilo Russo from the Animal Ecology and Evolution Lab in Italy. Chiara studies altitudinal segregation in bats and how climate change affects it 🦇🦇🦇

Behavioral ecology can inform conservation – and male bats must be part of the picture!

Mating roosts are vital for reproduction, so they should receive the same protection as nursery roosts. Plus, males yodel there...😅

nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Mother Bats Shape Their Pups’ Voices
Vocal learning isn’t just about listening—it’s about interactions! Mother bats play a key role in shaping how their pups learn to communicate, showing how important early-life interactions are.
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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Who is calling? Bats outsmart deception by solving sensory conflicts

www.cell.com/current-biol...