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Brown long eared (© Hugh Clark / Bat Conservation Trust)
Why 2012 was the Year of the Bat,
Moody Gardens Blog, 24 January 2013
Wildlife experts fight to save bats from deadly fungus,
NBC News Today, 28 December 2012
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Batting for bats,
The Hindu, 7 November 2012
Going Batty about Bats,
Onislam, 6 November 2012
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400 variedades de plantas dependen de los murciélagos,
opinion.com.bo, 28 de octubre de 2012
Bat-friendly fences for Australia,
Volume 10 Number 10, Bat Conservation International, October 2012
Bats in the Backyard,
Volume 10 Number 10, Bat Conservation International, October 2012
Bats in the News - Sexy Bats,
Volume 10, Number 10
,
Bat Conservation International, October 2012
African Bat Biodiversity Project,
National Geographic, October 2012
AGFH news, 5th edition,
Nabu, October 2012
JULY | AUGUST | SEPTEMBER 2012
Lunar phobic bats dodge the moonlight,
BBC Nature Online, 1 October 2012
Geoffroy's bat discovered in UK for first time,
BBC News Sussex Online, 14 September 2012
Human echolocation: Using tongue-clicks to navigate the world
, BBC News, World Service, 12 September 2012
Queensland farmers allowed to shoot flying foxes from today,
The Daily Telegraph Australia, 7 September 2012
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2011-2012: Year of the Bat
,
The Disease Daily, 28 August 2012
Bats threatened by climate change
, BBC Nature News, 24 August 2012
Bats? Olympic Park Hopes for Ecological Legacy
,
ABC News, 12 August 2012
Why Bats Are So Misunderstood,
Time Ideas - Science, 10 August 2012
Platzgefahr in der Nähe von Windrädern,
Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung Online, 9 August 2012
Free online tool helps identify bat calls
, BBC NEWS ONLINE Science & Environment, 7 August 2012
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Fledermäusen auf der Spur,
Dorstener Zeitung, 29 July 2012
Fliegen und Fledermäuse - Wenn Sex lebensgefährlich ist,
Spiegel Online, 23 July 2012
Bats and smartphones: will 'bat walks' make us love them?,
BBC News Science & Environment, 13 July 2012
Commonwealth starts on the disastrous road of divesting itself of national environmental responsibility
, Humane Society
International Media Release, 12 July 2012
El sonido de la naturaleza,
El Mundo, 6 July 2012
Fledermäuse: In Deutschland geschützt, in Südamerika gejagt
, Fraunhofer forschungs-blog.de, 9 July 2012
APRIL | MAY| JUNE 2012
Culling bats does not halt rabies, says report,
BBC Online, 13 June 2012
Sydney tries to evict troublesome fruit bats with aural onslaught,
The Independent, UK, 6 June 2012
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US bats on 'extinction watch'
BBC Nature, 31 May 2012
White-nose Syndrome Confirmed in Federally Endangered Gray Bats,
USFWS News Release, 29 May 2012
Bat experts gather in Dublin Castle to discuss `hot topics`
, The Journal.ie, 15 May 2012
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Eventos no. 11 Newsletter
ICNB April 2012
Britain's hibernating bats avoid deadly fungus killing their US cousins
,
Guardian UK, 28 April 2012
Echoes from South Dakota, South Dakota Bat Working Group,
Volume 5 Issue 1, April 2012
Im Club der Fledermaus-Freunde,
Oberpfalznet
z
.de, 11 April 2012
Tödlicher Pilz stammt wohl aus Europa
, Spiegel Online, 10 April 2012
Study traces devastation of North American bats to Europe,
The Guardian, 10 April 2012
White-nose syndrome in bats continues to spread, BBC News
, 10 April 2012
Aux Etats-Unis, les chauves-souris continuent de mourir
, Le Monde, 9 April 2012
Heimat für nützliche Nachtschwärmer,
Mittelbayerische.de, 6 April 2012
JANUARY | FEBRUARY | MARCH 2012
Jäger der Nacht im ausführlichen Porträt
,
Baden Online, 30 March 2012
Warum nicht alle Fuechse rot sind
, Taunus Zeitung, 13 March 2012
Mit den Ohren sehen,
LexiTV, MDR, 5. March 2012
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Strange New Leaf Nosed Bat Found in Vietnam,
National Geographic News, 24 February 2012
Naturblatt 2012
,
NABU Kreisverband Heinsberg, 16 February 2012
¿Cómo ves?, No.159, El Año del Murciélago,
Revista de la Divulgación de la Ciencia de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1 febrero de 2012
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Jeremy Deller: 'I'm more interested in ideas than money', Why is the artist spending a week in a cave full of bats with just a large tub of nuts for company?
The Guardian UK, 29 January 2012
Bats find shelter in Israeli bunkers,
BBC News, Science and Environment, 27 January 2012
Stallone Action Movie Wakes Up Hibernating Bats
,
Spiegel Online International, 23 January 2012
News Release: North American bat death toll exceeds 5.5 million from white-nose syndrome
,
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services, 17 January 2012
Spanish windfarms kill 6 to 18 million birds and bats a year
, Canada Free Press, 12 January 2012
OCTOBER | NOVEMBER | DECEMBER 2011
Short Snouts Gave Fruit Bats a Forceful Bite,
LiveScience, 24 November 2011
London 2012: 'Bat boxes' kept closed until after Games amid security fears
, Mirror UK, 23 November 2011
Two Local Girl Scouts Solve Bat Problem at Gabreil Daveis Tavern
, GloucesterTownshipPatch, 22 November 2011
Creatures of the Night
, Daily News and Analysis, 21 November 2011
Dobbs Ferry Dad Namesake for New Bat Species,
RivertownsPatch, 21 November 2011
Five bat species roost at Burrator Reservoir
, BBC News, 21 November 2011
Shooting of 'Expendables 2' Disturbs Bat Colony in Bulgaria's Devetashka Cave
, novinite.com, 17 November 2011
Bats show ability to change their ear shapes, making their hearing more flexible
, EurekAlert.org, 14 November 2011
Bats, Dolphins, and Mole Rats Inspire Advances in Ultrasound Technology
, Healthcanal.com, 14 November 2011
Bats: Nature's Bug Zappers and Pollinators
, Zoolander, 12 November 2011
Amend wildlife Act to save bats: expert
, The Hindu News, 11 November 2011
Blind man can see, uses clicks of his tongue to detect objects through echolocation process
, NYDailyNews.com, 10 November 2011
Montana caves may not be permanently closed after source of bat-killing disease confirmed
, missoulian.com, 7 November 2011
Murciélagos en Bolivia y el mundo en peligro de extinción
, GaiaNoticias, 3 November 2011
Roads are detrimental to Europe's protected bats, new study finds
, EureAlert.org, 1 November 2011
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Dwindling bat number rings global alarm bells
, thehimalayantimes.com, 29 October 2011
Swooping out of sight: Bats in need of greater protection
, IUCN Press Release, 28 October 2011
Bat killer cause confirmed as fungus
, BBC News, 26 October 2011
View UF bats online this Halloween with new Fla. Museum video cameras
, University of Florida News, 24 October 2011
Bat Die-Offs Affect Human Health and Economics
, Scientific American, 24 October 2011
Some 250 bats perish in prefab reconstruction
, Prague Monitor, 24 October 2011
A Bane on Bats
, Ecology, 17 October 2011
Wayne's World: Kids fly into action to fight bat disease
, Times Herald-Record, 16 October 2011
AÑO DEL MURCIÉLAGO EN BOLIVIA, DESCUBRIENDO MÁS ALLÁ DEL MITO: NUESTROS ALIADOS NOCTUROS
, UPIU, 13 October 2011
Animal Nature: International Year of the Bat shines spotlight on the the flying mammals
, OregonLive.com, 12 October 2011
Bats Worth Billions to Agriculture
, Care2.com, 11 October 2011
Batting for the bat
, The Hindu, 10 October 2011
WARD’S NATURAL SCIENCE KILLS
, Bat World Sanctuary, October 2011
JULY | AUGUST | SEPTEMBER
2011
Bats eavesdrop to learn to hunt,
BBC Nature News, 12 September 2011
Are You Batty?,
Ecology Global Network, 4 September 2011
Vampire Bats Have Vein Sensors
, National Geographic, 3 August 2011
EUROBATS Announces Bat Conservation Initiative
, Biodiversity Policy and Practice, 2 August 2011
Newly found plant works with sonar to attract bats
, Deutsche Welle, 29 July 2011
Plant evolved a bat beckoning beacon,
BBC Nature News, 29 July 2011
Bats Take Flight From Texas Drought,
ABC News Video, 27 July 2011
Being batty about bats
,
The Hindu Online, 25 July 2011
CMS Bulletin: "Year of the Bat Rallies Support from Its Partners"
,
UNEP/EUROBATS, 19 July 2011
Ministero Dell'Ambiente: Website page for the Year of the Bat
Rare bats in the path of HS2 are nationally significant,
Jo Hodgkins, Bernwood Forest Bechstein's Project, 15 July 2011
Trees trimmed to stem Hendra visrus spread
, The Sydney Morning Herald Online, 15 July 2011
Bats should be moved, not killed: Enthsch
, The Sydney Morning Herald Online, 14 July 2011
Los buenos calumiados
, Luis Aguirre, Oxígeno, July 2011
The Bat Box Project Denmark
, Kayleigh Fawcett, uploaded by Year of the Bat, July 2011
APRIL | MAY | JUNE 2011
Rare vagrant parti-coloured bat found in Scotland!
, uploaded by Year of the Bat, 23 June 2011
Lauschiger Treffpunkt für Fledermäuse
, Deutsche Welle, 8 May 2011
El reino de los murciélagos, en el oeste de Alemania
, Deutsche Welle, 8 May 2011
Fledermäuse meiden Regen
, Spiegel Online, 4 May 2011
Bat deaths could cost US economy billions: study
, AFP, 1 April 2011
JANUARY | F
EBRUARY | MARCH 2011
The Economic Cost of Losing Bats,
Time Science & Space, 31 March 2011
Los fondos marinos y el estudio del murciélago, ganadores del premio de la Biodiversidad
, El Pais, 30 March 2011
Bats Keep Separate Households
, redOrbit, 25 March 2011
Wet summer boosts bat populations
, ABC News, 09 March 2011 (article and audio)
A win for farmers and bats
, The Land, 07 March 2011
Bat Diet Forensics Aid Conservation
, The Epoch Times, 05 March 2011
Bridge bat colony draws crowds in Austin
, Texas, BBC News, 04 March 2011 (video)
Fledermäuse machen fetteste Beute,
Spiegel Online, 2 March 2011
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Wind farms and deadly skies
, San Antonio Express News, 27 Feb 2011
New disease threat to bat population
, BBC News, 25 Feb 2011
'Aeroecology' uses radar to track flying animals
, BBC News, 18 Feb 2011
Huge Sydney bat colony to be evicted
, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 Feb 2011
Bats killed in North Shore back yards
, North Shore Times, 17 Feb 2011
Strange disease is killing Virginia's bats
, Richmond Times - Dispatch, 17 Feb 2011
Government accelerating the demise of flying foxes
, Crikey, 15 Feb 2011
New bill would give bucks for bat
, Philadelphia Inquirer, 15 Feb 2011
White-Nose Syndrome Bat Disease: An Unprecedented Epidemic
, Huffington Post, 14 Feb 2011
Bats like to hang around with their friends, too
, Science on MSNBC.com, 9 Feb 2011
Fledermäuse pflegen ihre alten Freundschaften
, Welt Online, 9 Feb 2011
Gracias a los murciélagos
,
Radio De Las Naciones Unidas, 7 Feb 2011
Bats don't deserve bad rap
,
Calgary Herald, 1 Feb 2011
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International Year of Bats launched in Samal City
, Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, 29 Jan 2011
Live and let live
, Financial Times, 21 Jan 2011
From tequila to the 'tree of life', bats are nature's invaluable allies
,
UNEP, 21 Jan 2011
Bats as Invaluable Allies
, TEEB, 20 Jan 2011
Smokies details bat syndrome in new podcast
, Knoxville News Sentinel, 20 Jan 2011
European beavers construct ideal habitats for bats
, BBC, 17 Jan 2011
Crowded baby bat clinic a barometer for Australia's bad weather
, Daily Mail Online, 7 Jan 2011
Report on the Year of the Bat
, Deutsche Welle, 7 Jan 2011 (audio)
2011 marks the Year of the Bat
, Deutsche Welle, 6 Jan 2011
NEWS ARCHIVE
Disease 'killed one million bats',
BBC News, Science & Environment, 6 August 2010
'Monastic' Malagasy bat mystifies experts,
BBC Earth News, 13 July 2010
Squirrel seen savaging fruit bat,
BBC Earth News, 18 September 2009
The bat that came out of the dark,
BBC Earth News, 14 September 2009
Intricate bat 'love songs' decoded,
BBC Earth News, 26 August 2009
When two bat tribes go to war,
BBC Earth News, 10 June 2009
Bats 'recognise others' voices',
BBC News, 5 June 2009
'Nature's ghosts' caught on film,
BBC Earth News, 3 June 2009
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