@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy2026-06-17 19:51:03
Bats Around our Home aka 16WW - Our house in a bat hotspot - pipistrelles rather than vampires! #bat #Chiroptera #dataset -
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy2026-06-17 19:51:03
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks2026-07-20 15:35:09
Was hoping this article in the New York Times would be about bats eating mosquitoes but I was wrong. Headline and a single sentence in the article were there to make bats seem like friends (they are, but not because of how many mosquitoes they eat, which is very few). Digital version [follow gift link] has a different headline. #bats #chiroptera #mosquitoes #nyc #newyork #insects #nature #biology #journalism #nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/nyregion/bats-nyc-highline-prospect-park.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zFA.CO8C.VYStaJ_P2guq&smid=url-share
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks2026-06-30 09:53:26
A Spanish ecologist, Pedro Romero-Vidal, was looking at a 1611 painting by Jan Brueghel and noticed what is likely a greater noctule bat (Nyctalus lasiopterus) snacking on a bird while in flight. So cool. #ArtHistory #bats #art #brueghel #birds #biology #chiroptera https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2536525123