Chiara Scaramella
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Chiara Scaramella
@chiarascaramella.bsky.social
Bat ecology and conservation enthusiast 🦇
PhD student at Bat Conservation Lab (UoB) and Ecology and Conservation Research Lab (UWE)
Reposted by Chiara Scaramella
Second paper out this week 😱😱

We present YOLO-Behaviour, a flexible, easy to implement, robust framework for automated behavioural annotation from videos, published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social!!

[paper] doi.org/10.1111/2041...
[documentation] alexhang212.github.io/YOLO_Behavio...
February 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Reposted by Chiara Scaramella
The Curlew, the Cactus, and the Obliterated Whitefish: The Species We Lost in 2024.

Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire. Read the latest by @johnrplatt.bsky.social for @the-revelator.bsky.social ⬇️
The Curlew, the Cactus, and the Obliterated Whitefish: The Species We Lost in 2024 • The Revelator
Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.
therevelator.org
February 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Reposted by Chiara Scaramella
When someone get me chocolates. *hint hint*
You can thank a bat for any chocolate you get this year since bats both help spread cacao seeds and eat the insects that feed on cacao. 🍫

🦇 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴
📷 MGambaRios
February 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Super fascinating research.
There is still so much to understand on bats' behaviours!
Bats' vocalizations can reveal their personalities

Bold, exploratory, and proactive individuals were more likely to produce social calls – and more agitated bats called even more!

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Photo by Michael Stifter
January 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Lesser and greater horseshoe #bats from today's hibernation survey!
January 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Reposted by Chiara Scaramella
🦇 Hibernation paper - Winter is (not) coming: Acoustic monitoring and temperature variation across important bat hibernacula

bdj.pensoft.net/article/1418...
Winter is (not) coming: Acoustic monitoring and temperature variation across important bat hibernacula
Little is known about the winter bat activity in Bulgaria, which poses challenges in monitoring potential deviations in their behaviour as a consequence of the warming climate. Using passive acoustic ...
bdj.pensoft.net
January 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM