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On Wednesday, May 30, 2018, about 32 people gathered at Universitas Hasanuddin, South Sulawesi, to have a dialogue about flying fox hunting in the region. The event was part of the US Fish and Wildlife Service funded project “Identifying and addressing factors contributing to flying f

Two recent funding opportunities are available for work that focuses on species recovery or conservation. They both emphasize explicit conservation action of threatened species, so proposals need to be very focused on this to be competitive.   1. National Geographic “Recove

Good news for flying fox conservation! In conjunction with recent media coverage highlighting the importance of flying foxes for durian, Peninsular Malaysia’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks have announced that they are taking concrete steps to protect the country’s two flyi

Applications to the 2018 Kate Barlow award are now open the closing date is 5pm, 4th December 2017. The Kate Barlow Award aims to encourage the next generation of bat researchers by providing a substantive contribution towards the research costs of postgraduate students undertaking re

An international team of researchers working in Peninsular Malaysia have found that the giant fruit bats known as flying foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus) are actually important pollinators for the durian (Durio zibethinus) tree, which produces a unique fruit that is highly popular through

A team of international network of researchers describes a new species of woolly horseshoe bat from Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand). The new species is described from specimens in museums world-wide including a 32 years old spirit specimen. The study (led by SEABCRU