The Australasian Bat Society is a non-profit organisation whose primary aim is to promote the conservation of all Australasian bats.
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🦇WEBINAR
A reminder that our next webinar will be this Thursday- the 25th of June at 6pm AEST.
Reserve your ticket here-events.humanitix.com/flying-…
#ausbats #bats #newcaledonia
🦇MEDIA
Yahoo! News
“Aussie property owner instantly solves fence problem taking councils months to fix”
Read here:
au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-pro…
#ausbats #flyingfox
🦇This week’s Gardening Australia featured ABS member Kaori!
The segment about the effects of light pollution can be viewed here-
abc.net.au/gardening/how-to/…
#bats #ausbats #lightpollution
🦇A lovely Little Forest Bat (Vespadelus vulturnus) by ABS member George!
You can follow George on instagram @uncle_maddog
#ausbats #bats #microbats
🦇Have you booked your ticket for our next webinar?
Join us on Thursday, 25 June, as we welcome conservation scientist @Malik_OEDIN from New Caledonia. Get your ticket here:
events.humanitix.com/flying-…
#ausbats #newcaledonia
🦇Kamerunga, Queensland
Friday May 29th- Film viewing get-together and bat detection walk: "Flight from Extinction: The Gray Bat Story"
Book your ticket here:
events.ausbatsmembers.org.au…
#ausbats -#bats #batnight
🦇MEDIA
The New Zealand bat fly (Mystacinobia zelandica) and its relationship with the Lesser Short-tailed Bat (Mystacina tuberculata).
Read here-
discoverwildlife.com/animal-…
#ausbats #nzbats #batfly
🦇Booragul, New South Wales
Super Saturday Session: Microbats and Landcare in Cooranbong, Saturday 13 June 2026
Book here:
eventbrite.com.au/e/super-sa…
#ausbats #microbats #bats
🦇Congratulations to Friends of Bats and Bushcare in Melbourne on their 20 years of soft release for Grey- headed Flying-foxes.
What a fantastic milestone!
parks.vic.gov.au/news/2026/0…
#ausbats #bats
🦇Adelaide, South Australia
Friday May 29th- Scipub Bats
Book your spot here-
events.humanitix.com/scipuba…
#ausbats #bats #scipubbats
🦇Port Melbourne, Victoria
Sunday May 24th: Westgate Park Microbat Monitoring
RSVP here:
events.ausbatsmembers.org.au…
🦇A stunning image of a Troughton's Sheath-tailed Bat (Taphozous troughtoni) leaving an old mine shaft in North Queensland by Jannico Kelk!
You can follow Jannico on Instagram- instagram.com/jannicokelk
#ausbats #bats
Australasian Bat Society retweeted
WHA in collaboration with the Australasian Bat Society have published a new communication guide for bats. The guide Flying-foxes and Microbats: A Communication Guide for Researchers and Associated Media Teams: wildlifehealthaustralia.com.…
Australasian Bat Society retweeted
New @J_Exp_Biol by @anna_langguth showing bent-winged bats emerging from torpor have elevated immune response 🦇
🔗 doi.org/10.1242/jeb.251962
🦇Happy Mother’s Day to all of the phenomenal Mums!
Pictured is a Grey-headed Flying-fox mother giving birth in care.
#ausbats #bats #flyingfox
🦇Join us on Thursday 25 June for our next webinar with Malik Oedin, a conservation scientist from New Caledonia specialising in flying fox ecology and management.
Reserve your spot: events.humanitix.com/flying-…
#ausbats #bats #batresearch
🦇Main conference (Tues–Thurs) registrations are now closed due to capacity (250). Waitlist and online options remain. Limited spots still available for Monday’s 1-day symposiums (Dasyurids; Bats & Wind Farms)
More here-
ausbats.org.au/conference-20…
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