A recently published article in Science Reports entitled “Counting in the dark: Non-intrusive laser scanning for population counting and indentifying roosting bats” demonstrates a method for using innovative and less intrusive technology to survey bat populations in caves.

Information of small mammal diversity in Kelantan is still scarce, but a recent survey of small mammals was conducted in Gunung Stong State Park. Trapping with standard mist nets and harp traps generated five new distributional records of bats in Gunung Stong State Park and a first re

A new Pteropodidae species was recently described from southwestern Sulawesi, Indonesia, by SEABCRU members, Dr. Ibnu Maryanto and Mr. Sigit Wiantoro, and their colleagues in Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense. Thoopterus suhaniahae, a median-sized fruit bat, was formerly regarded as a vari

A recent paper on diets of cave-dwelling insectivorous bats of Indonesia was published by Fahama et al. in Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation. The researchers identified the use of insects by 11 bat species from 12 Karst caves in south Gomong area of Central Java. The result

If done well, REDD+ projects (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) may not only save carbon rich forests, but also protect embattled biodiversity. But what’s the best way to ensure both and carbon and species are preserved under REDD+, a program that pro

The genus Cynopterus, known as the short-nosed fruit bats or dog-faced fruit bats, is widely distributed throughout the Indo-Malayan region of Southeast Asia.  Discriminating between species in this genus is rather difficult, and is further complicated by the fact that many species re

Congratulations to Vu Dinh and his co-authors on the description of new Hipposideros species from Vietnam. This new cryptic species from the armiger-species group, H. griffini is similar to H. armiger in its external characteristics but appears to have higher echolocation frequencies

Upper hill dipterocarp forests in Malaysia are often understudied due to their rough terrain. This study introduces the assemblage of understorey insectivorous bats that are found in upper hills and briefly compares it with a 1995 study conducted in the lowlands of the same forest. Jo

Progress Summary, February 19, 2012 Prepared by Tammy Mildenstein and C.E. Nuevo A progress report is available for the revision of the 1992 IUCN Old World Fruit Bat Conservation Action Plan (see attached below). At this point, the project is >20% through with revising the species

Rabies in humans has declined ten-fold in Thailand in the last twenty years because of the use of vaccines in the treatment of dog bites. So awareness about rabies, at least in dogs, must be high. It is disappointing therefore that the recent paper by Robertson et al in PLoS Neglected