‘Year of the Bat’ gives wings to world’s only flying mammals
The Year of the Bat 2011-2012 campaign has kicked off today in Prague!Backed by the United Nations Environment Programme, the campaign is led by the UN’s Convention on the Conservation of Migratory...
View ArticleFabulous and fluorescent bats! Global Year of the Bat partners on board
After a short hibernation break in the Netherlands, Germany and the US, the Year of the Bat team is back in Bonn and is delighted to announce our new campaign partners. We warmly welcome both the IUCN...
View ArticleNorth American bat research symposium gives Year of the Bat extra boost
Dear Year of the Bat friends and supporters,Greetings from Denver International Airport, from where I am writing to you on my way back to Year of the Bat headquarters.On short notice and in order to...
View ArticleEviction Notice Down Under: Sydney's Flying Foxes
As ABC TV in Australia reported earlier this year, "Now is not a good time to be a Flying Fox."The grey-headed Flying-Fox, which is listed as vulnerable under Australia's Commonwealth Environment...
View ArticleVielen Dank, merci beaucoup, gracias: On Thanksgiving give thanks to bats
© Merlin D. Tuttle, Bat Conservation International, http://www.batcon.org/This Thanksgiving holiday - a traditional American celebration - say thank you not only to our increasingly threatened bats in...
View ArticleBeauty or the Beast?
You may think that not many bats are auditioning to grace the pages of Vogue magazine or National Geographic. But you would be wrong. Just as we regularly take stock of what constitutes beauty or...
View ArticleThe Bats of Napa
We all know, now that Year of the Bat is underway, that our industrious fly-by-night bats pollinate fruits and flowers that we enjoy - and help bring us that most famous of fiery liquids, Tequila. But...
View ArticleAustralia’s Baby Bats: All Wrapped Up
Year of the Bat is happy to hear that the Gold Coast baby bats rescued by the Australian Bat Clinic and Wildlife Trauma Centre in Advancetown are all wrapped up in tiny bat blankets and are doing well,...
View ArticleAll together now: Year of the Bat 2011 - 2012
Year of the Bat continues to fly high in Latin America! In addition to RELCOM's extensive network and our original partners in Panama, Columbia and Argentina, Year of the Bat is pleased to welcomed to...
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