Laura Lux

Check out these 10 bat wins from 2024! www.batcon.org/news/blog/

04.02.2025 21:14 — 👍 15    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

The climate solutions worth funding — now When it comes to climate solutions, "now is better than new, and time is more important than tech," says scientist Jonathan Foley. He presents a six-part framework to more efficiently address climate ...

The world is finally putting money into climate solutions. But are we doing it effectively?

Short answer: not really.

We can do much better if we pay attention to the science first.

Here's my TED talk about betterclimate investing.

go.ted.com/jonathanfoley

30.01.2025 03:11 — 👍 112    🔁 21    💬 3    📌 2

How flight helped bats become invincible to viruses The mammals carry immune adaptations that emerged when their ancestors took to the skies.

A news article for a lay summary also: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

30.01.2025 02:34 — 👍 14    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0

#Biologist

26.01.2025 22:24 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Neovison vison (American mink)

Like me, these mustelids are extremely introverted and prefer to live in forested areas in close proximity to water.

26.01.2025 23:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Winter is (not) coming: Acoustic monitoring and temperature variation across important bat hibernacula Little is known about the winter bat activity in Bulgaria, which poses challenges in monitoring potential deviations in their behaviour as a consequence of the warming climate. Using passive acoustic ...

🦇 Hibernation paper - Winter is (not) coming: Acoustic monitoring and temperature variation across important bat hibernacula

bdj.pensoft.net/article/1418...

25.01.2025 16:32 — 👍 19    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 1

Hope for Britain’s loneliest bat after second species member discovered Greater mouse-eared bat was declared extinct in the UK but ecologists now believe population recovery is possible

A nice write-up about the Greater Mouse-eared bat discoveries in the UK from @patrickbarkham.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

26.01.2025 14:08 — 👍 26    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1

A gentle reminder to please drive slowly and carefully during wildfires, as wildlife are trying to escape the fires too.

This bobcat was hit by a vehicle while trying to escape Palisades Fire. Her injuries left her unable to flee from the fire.

25.01.2025 23:01 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0