Book Review: Bats of the World: A Guide to Every Family
Winifred F. Frick’s and M. Teague O’ Mara’s new book, Bats of the World: A Guide to Every Family, is one of the latest additions to the Princeton University Press
Trip Advice: Spain to Slovenia Roadtrip 2026
Hello! I am looking for some locality and target advice on my upcoming roadtrip this summer. I have converted my youngest brother into a full on wildlife addict like myself and we
Solo Trip: Hawaii BioBlitz 2026 (5 native mammal lifers + 3 native non-lifers)
I just completed a solo trip and tour to Hawaii for Tropical Birding. I am a full-taxa lister for native animals only so I divided my solo time into searching for the two endemic m
Tropical Birding: Ecuador EWT 2026 40 Mammal Species!
Hi everyone, I just completed another amazing and successful enigmatic wildlife tour for Tropical Birding. These tours are aimed at focusing on mammals and reptiles/amphibians rath
Bat Trip to Daugbjerg Kalkgruber, Denmark
Mogens Trolle and I spent some hours looking at bats in the very cool hand excavated tunnels of one of the oldest lime pits in Denmark. The tunnels are max 3 m high so you get very
Madagascar Nov/Dec 2025
Hello! I recently ran another Enigmatic Wildlife Tour for Tropical Birding this past November/December (https://www.tropicalbirding.com/africamadagascarenigmatictour). It was an e
Belize Bat ID Needed
Hello, I am new to this site and its community. I recently did a trip to Belize where I had an opportunity to visit Barton Creek Cave in the west central region of Belize. Along th
Bat identification, Mexico?
I’ve got a couple of good photos of bats from Mayan ruins in Mexico (trying to be both very quiet and only briefly using light to try not disturb them), but I haven’t t
The Bats of Malaysia – a great (free) PDF guide
Juliana Senawi, one of Malaysia’s top bat gurus and part of our West Papua trip, suggested this wonderful guide to the 143 bat species in Malaysia could be a useful resource
Bats of Oman (acoustic data collected during a birdwatching trip)
On a recent trip to Oman with Starling Reizen, I recorded bats as much as I could and I thought I would share this data with this community. Even if you’re not into acoustics