Happy International Bat Appreciation Day, from all of us at GBatNet!

🦇SAVE THE DATE!🦇

Come join PhD Candidate Robin Rowland from the Uni of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, as she speaks on how bats respond to urbanisation.

The talk will be available FREE via Zoom on 01 April 2026 at 9 AM Eastern US Time.

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🦇NEXT WEEK🦇

My Field for Dummies: Forest Management and Bats

Registration is FREE!

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Come join researcher and PhD Candidate Katie Fitzgerald for her talk "Bats and Forest Management"!

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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!

We are proud of the women behind GBatNet! From left to right, Drs. Tigga Kingston, Lilliana Dávalos, Susan Tsang, and Nancy Simmons. Read more at www.gbatnet.org

🦇THIS WEEK🦇

Don't forget to register FOR FREE! Link below!

Come join Dr. Alyson Brokaw for her talk entitled “Sights, Scents, and Sounds: The Sensory World of Bats”!

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🦇MY FIELD FOR DUMMIES IS BACK!🦇

We are THRILLED to have Dr. Alyson Brokaw as out first speaker of 2026. Dr. Brokaw focuses her research on behavioral ecology and sensory biology and is passionate about science communication and outreach.

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ITS THE LAST FULL DAY TO VOTE!

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Thank you to EVERYONE who joined in a My Field For Dummies webinar!

We hope to continue to share about bat research and provide a platform for PhD students, postdocs, and early career researchers to talk about their work!

We will be back NEXT YEAR!

Last week to apply for the 2026 BCI Student Scholar Program!

🦇LAST WEEK TO SUBMIT! 🦇

Do you have a talent for design? Be the winner for the GBatNet LOGO CONTEST for the 2027 YEAR OF THE BAT!

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Come join Dr. Phillip J. Oelbaum for his talk entitled “Niche Interests: Understanding Ecological Niches of Bats”! Dr. Oelbaum. His research uses isotopes to study trophic positions of bats in a community context.

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DONT FORGET! The Year of the Bat logo contest goes through the end of October! Follow the link to submit your design 🦇

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This is 𝘙𝘩𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢 𝘪𝘰. She just needs a quick snack of a few thousand insects, and then she'll be ready to go. Thanks for your patience 💛

🦇 Thomas's yellow bat
📸 Jennifer Barros

🦇 NEXT WEEK! 🦇

Dont forget to register FOR FREE!

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We are excited to announce our next speaker, bat researcher and talented photographer Dr. José Martínez-Fonseca! Come join for his talk “Bats in Focus: Wildlife Through Research and Photography! The talk will be available FREE via Zoom on 01 October 2025 at 9 AM Eastern US Time.

Just because it is over a year away, doesn't mean we cant be EXCITED! And paired with the announcement that there are now *1500* different species of bats, we have every reason to be excited!

SAVE THE DATE! 2027 is the International Year of the Bats!

2027 is going to be THE YEAR OF THE BATS!

A global celebration of the world’s only flying mammals and the vital roles they play in our ecosystems.

ENTER NOW!
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Come join PhD Student Cheyenne Graham for her talk “Love across species lines: A crash course in hybridization”. The talk will be available FREE via Zoom on 03 September 2025 at 9 AM Eastern US Time. RSVP FOR FREE!
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We are excited for the Year of the Bat 2027 LOGO COMPETITION!

All the information can be found here-
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One of the founding researchers of GBatNet, Dr. Tigga Kingston, was the plenary speaker at the International Bat Research Congress meeting!

This was a great week for GBatNet Student Representatives at the annual American Society of Mammalogists meeting! Two GBatNet student reps were elected to the Board of Directors, and two others were honored with scholarship!

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Come join Dr. Gerald Carter, Associate Professor at Princeton University. The talk will be available FREE via Zoom on 02 July 2025 at 9 AM Eastern US Time, and available on YouTube.

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NEXT WEEK!

Join GBatNet representative Andrea Bernal Rivera for this months talk “Buffet for bats: A feast of dietary diversity”! The talk will be available FREE via Zoom on 04 June 2025 at 9 AM Eastern US Time, and available for afterwards on the GBatNet YouTube channel.

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THIS WEEK!

Join Dr. Reed Crawford for his talk “A global review of bat box research”! The talk will be available FREE via Zoom on 07 May 2025 at 9 AM Eastern US Time, and made available for viewing afterwards on the GBatNet YouTube channel.

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