ATTENTION! 🦇✨VOTE NOW✨🦇 We have over 25 submissions to select from! Choose your TOP 3 choices for the contest! Follow the link below to vote! form.jotform.com/252874664099... yearofthebats.org

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! tinyurl.com/4jz9d3dh

🦇 SAVE THE DATE! 🦇 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. REGISTER FOR FREE! tinyurl.com/4bycp3k6

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

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! www.gbatnet.org/events/my-fi...

🦇 SAVE THE DATE! 🦇 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! www.yearofthebats.org

🦇 SAVE THE DATE! 🦇 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! tinyurl.com/2xkeffdw

We are excited for the Year of the Bat 2027 LOGO COMPETITION! All the information can be found here- www.yearofthebats.org

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!

🦇SAVE THE DATE!🦇 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. REGISTER FOR FREE! tinyurl.com/46vwct8a

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. REGISTER FOR FREE!

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. REGISTER FOR FREE! www.gbatnet.org/events/my-fi...

🦇SAVE THE DATE!🦇 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. REGISTER FOR FREE! www.gbatnet.org/.../my-field...

THIS WEEK! Dont forget to register for FREE!

Congrats to this years @batcon.org Student Scholars, including GBatNet student representatives Chiara Scaramella and Palamanga Parfait Thiombiano!

🦇SAVE THE DATE!🦇 Come join PhD Candidate, Connor Burgin, for his talk titled “Why and how are museums are used in bat research?” The talk will be on 09 April 2025 at 9 AM Eastern US Time, and will be made available after on YouTube. REGISTER FOR FREE!

Happy #WorldFrogDay! 🦇 fringe-lipped bat 📷 Christian Ziegler/ Minden Pictures

This is a pivotal moment for bat conservation, and we need your help. URGENT: Planning bill threatens bat conservation – ACT NOW www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/03...

Did you miss our webinar today? Not a problem! Go check it out on out YouTube channel. 🦇 youtu.be/p9tCVv0UPu8

The next “My Field for Dummies” is next week! Register for FREE!

🦇SAVE THE DATE! 🦇 Come join GBatNet Student Rep Pedro Monico, PhD candidate at Rutgers University for his presentation on how we use biogeography to study bats. The talk will be via Zoom on 05 March 2025, 9 AM USET, and on the YouTube channel after. FREE TO REGISTER! tinyurl.com/3umv4f48

4 DAY COUNTDOWN Meet another one of the #WiBS speakers - Professor Liliana Dávalos! Find out about @gbatnet.bsky.social and the leadership team. #WomenInBatScience2025 #STEM #genderequality #GlobalBatNetwork Tickets are available via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-b...

Women in Bat Science #WiBS2025!! Meet another one of the #WiBS speakers - Dr Nancy Simmons! FREE tickets are flying out the door, so get yours soon to join this inspiring webinar on 26th February (next Wednesday) with the GBatNet leaders. Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-b...

ONE WEEK TO GO!!!! Book now to meet the the inspiring #GBatNet leaders for our Women in Bat Science #WiBS2025 webinar next Wednesday 26th Feb. Tickets are available via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/bats-witho...

Our member network @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social contributed to this amazing new publication about viral tolerance and disease resistance in bats! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Exciting postdoctoral opportunity!

Join on Wednesday 26th February at 4 pm southern African time (9am Eastern time or 2pm GMT) to hear directly from the GBN leadership about the great work being carried out around the world and how GBN is helping to connect people and networks.

Did you miss our webinar this morning? Not to worry! Go check out the talk on our YouTube channel, now posted! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GTa...

Join Dr. Anica Miller-Rushing, a STEM Education Research Associate, for her talk “Informal science education research techniques to consider for more effective science education outreach efforts”. FREE via Zoom on 05 Feb 2025, 9 AM USET REGISTER BELOW tinyurl.com/mwz73svu