The wonderful story of Batty and Pitty has now been translated into Malay and Spanish! You can download copies from the Brunei Outreach page here Many thanks/terimah kasih banyak/muchas gracias to Michael and Caroline Schöner for increasing the accessibility of this wonderful story.
The children’s story “Batty and Pitty” is based on our research about the mutualistic relationship between the bat species Kerivoula hardwickii hardwickii and the carnivorous pitcher plant Nepenthes hemsleyana. Both species can be found on Borneo. The relationship be
Borneo’s rainforests are renowned for their high levels of biodiversity, including >93 species of bat, but are facing unprecedented levels of conversion. In a bid to safeguard Borneo’s biodiversity the governments of Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia recently signed a declaration to