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A selection of news related to EUROBATS and other bat conservation activities.
News items of previous years can be accessed in the Archive.

Wuhan Coronavirus Leads to More Premature Scapegoating of Bats

"The source of human exposure to Wuhan virus, according to the January 29th edition of The New York Times, has yet to be identified. However, in a rush to judgement, far too many public health officials and media outlets are focusing almost entirely on bats." by Merlin Tuttle on 30.01.2020

"Ecology and conservation of bats in villages and towns" available online

The PDF version of the book "Ecology and conservation of bats in villages and towns"  is now available online on our website under "Publications".

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German No.8 online

The Guidelines for consideration of bats in lighting projects have been translated. The online version is already available - please click here. You can order a printed version free of charge through our email eurobats(a)eurobats.org

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News on bat migrations at the Curonian Spit and Lagoon

During the main migration period of bats in late summer 2019, experts from the Arbeitskreis Fledermäuse Sachsen-Anhalt e. V. visited the "Biological Field Station Fringilla" on the Curonian Spit and the "Ornithological Station Ventés Ragas" at the Curonian Lagoon to observe the bat migration and to catch and mark bats together with Russian and Lithuanian friends.

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News on bat ringing at Pape Station, Latvia

Pape Ornithological Research Centre (University of Latvia Institute of Biology) has been an important bat research site for many decades. Thousands of bats migrate through the corridor between Pape lake and the Baltic sea.
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