5/16 Flight
16 May April 2025 Local Date – (17 May 2025 UTC(Universal Coordinated Time)) – times are also UTC (subtract 5:08 hours for CDT of flights – 0:08 is about 6:00 pm CDT) Strong storm forming [...]
Pruning Palm Trees
Best practice for pruning palm trees Native palms such as our Sabal Palms and Mexican Fan Palms stand up very well to wind events and giving them a “Hurricane Cut” (living fronds but no skirt) [...]
A night in the bat house
It’s 7pm and I’m sitting in the bat house, rolling chair creaking on the wood floor. The bats are starting to wake up, interrupting the creak of the chair with their high-pitched chirps. I couldn’t [...]
Genomic study finds animals at high risk for contracting SARS-CoV-2 do not include bats
A study by UC Davis testing over 400 species of animals for susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection has found that all of the various species of bats involved were either at low or very low [...]
The Truth About Bats
A hugely important film Produced, Edited, Filmed, and Directed by Emily Stanford - A product of her year of travel around the world on a Watson fellowship to study people's perception of bats. Produced before [...]
Opinion: Far from Being our Enemies, Bats Need Protection now more than ever
by Amy Fraenkel - Executive Secretary of the United Nations’ Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animalshttps://www.cms.int/en/news/opinion-far-being-our-enemies-bats-need-protection-now-more-ever Blasius' Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus blasii) © Mounir Abi-Said, Lebanon BONN (IDN) - [...]
Rodrigo Medellin
Do Not Be Deceived - Bats In Real Life Are Your True Friends Great video from The Bat Man of Mexico https://youtu.be/RZpihuTVKeg
NASBR condemns racism and discrimination NASBR Statement of Support for Black Scientists
Dear Lee Mackenzie,The North American Society for Bat Research (NASBR) is saddened and moved by the long history of violence against the Black community and the systemic racism and intolerance that pervades the United [...]