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Restoring Mexico's Agaves BCI Researchers Work with Partners to Protect the ‘Nectar Corridor’ ISSUE 2 • 2020 BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL BATCON.ORG Restoring Mexico's Agaves BCI researchers work with partners to protect the ‘nectar corridor’ INSIDE 6 Species study: Cryptic myotis 8 Unveiling rainforest mysteries 18 Solutions to White-nose Syndrome Photo: Shawn Thomas Thank you for the support To all our members, donors, partners, Make a stand volunteers, advocates, and followers, at batcon.org/ THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP FOR donate BATS and supporting our mission to end bat extinctions worldwide. ISSUE 2 • 2020 Inside this Issue 11 FEATURES 08 UNVEILING RAINFOREST MYSTERIES Researchers study how Costa Rican bats adapt to climate change 12 RESTORING MEXICO’S AGAVES BCI researchers work with partners to protect the ‘nectar corridor’ DEPARTMENTS 02 OFF THE BAT Mike Daulton, BCI’s executive director, reflects on the critical need for bat conservation 06 SPECIES STUDY A look at the Cryptic myotis 23 BAT CHAT Former BCI Board Chair Dr. Cullen Geiselman 25 BAT SQUAD Dr. Tina Cheng spends her days studying bats to help save them Read back issues of Bats Magazine at batcon.org/ batsmag. Photo: Federico Granados Granados Federico Photo: 03 BAT SIGNALS 18 FIELD NOTES BCI news and Research news from conservation updates around the globe > Virtual bat experiences > Solutions to deadly > Celebrating bat disease Pollinator Week > Azmina Kamal's eye- UPDATES Remembering catching illustrations & > Dr. Tom Kunz > Impacts of White-nose Syndrome catastrophic bushfires > ON THE COVER in Texas bat on Australian bats BCI works to protect bats by restoring agaves. NEWS 05 Image: iStock.com/camaralenta Photo: Michael and Patricia Fogden / Minden Pictures batcon.org / bats 1 off the A few words of introduction from Bat Conservation International (BCI) is a 501(c)(3) your friends at BCI organization dedicated to protecting bats and their bat essential habitats around the world. A copy of our current financial statement and registration filed by the organization may be obtained by contacting our office in Austin, below, or by visiting batcon.org. Main Office Washington, D.C. 500 North Capital 1012 14th Street, NW of Texas Highway, Suite 905 Building 1 Washington, D.C. Recover, restore, protect Austin, TX 78746 20005 By Mike Daulton 512-327-9721 512-327-9721 Managing Editor Chief Editor his past June marked the 20th of pollinating bats in these parts of Kristen Pope Javier Folgar anniversary of Pollinator Week, North America. Just recently, the an international celebration BAND Foundation gifted BCI with a Contributors T Alyson Brokaw / Proofreader of the valuable ecosystem services three-year program of support for our agave restoration initiative. With Lisa Murdock / Proofreader beetles, and, most importantly, bats. this new support in place, we are Publication Management GLC Itprovided also comes by bees, as COVID-19 birds, butterflies, impacts - Bats welcomes queries from writers. Send your article the lives of people worldwide. There- tection for one of the world’s most proposal in a brief outline form and a description of any fore, the anniversary serves as more poisedendangered to significantly mammals, advance the Mexican pro photos, charts or other graphics to the Editor at pubs@ than just a celebration—it also is a long-nosed bat. batcon.org. powerful reminder of the vital role Bats may also hold the key to the Members: We welcome your feedback. Please send that bats serve for the global commu- next breakthrough vaccine or treat- letters to the Editor to [email protected]. Changes of nity and the critical need for bat ment as they have a unique ability to address may be sent to [email protected] or to BCI conservation. tolerate viruses. While bats cannot at our Austin, Texas, address above. Please allow four weeks for the change of address to take effect. While the exact chain of trans- spread COVID-19 to people, research mission that resulted in COVID-19 into bats could help develop vaccines Board of Directors may never be established, one of or treatments for future viruses Dr. Charles C. Chester, Dr. Brock Fenton the lessons of the pandemic is that found in human populations. Chair Timo Hixon Dr. Andrew Sansom, Don Kendall the destruction of natural habitats As you can see, bat conservation Vice Chair Maria Mathis makes it more likely for viruses to has never been more vital. To ensure Danielle Gustafson, Sandy Read spill over into humans. By protect- the survival of these extraordinary Treasurer Dr. Nancy Simmons ing wildlife and wildlife habitat, we mammals, we’re embarking on our Eileen Arbues, Secretary Jenn Stephens can reduce inappropriate contact most ambitious strategic plan to Science Advisory Committee with wild animals and create a safer date and will soon be unveiling new Dr. Luis Aguirre Dr. Stuart Parsons world for all. branding to inspire and engage more Dr. Sara Bumrungsri Dr. Paul Racey Bat conservation also has sig- supporters worldwide. With your Dr. Liliana Dávalos Dr. Danilo Russo support, we will: Dr. Tigga Kingston Dr. Paul Webala Dr. Gary McCracken comes to food supplies and econ- • Implement endangered species nificantomies; both global of whichimportance are strained when it interventions Senior Staff as a result of the pandemic. Nec- • Protect and restore landscapes Mike Daulton, Executive Director tar-feeding bats, for instance, serve • Conduct high-priority research and Mylea Bayless, Chief of Strategic Partnerships Dr. Winifred Frick, Chief Scientist as primary pollinators for keystone develop scalable solutions Bobbie Jo Kelso, Chief Development & desert plants in Mexico and the • Inspire through experience Communications Officer southwestern United States. These Michael Nakamoto, Chief Operations Officer bats are critical due to their impor- Working together, we will Kevin Pierson, Chief Conservation Officer tance to agriculture, biodiversity Visit BCI’s website at batcon.org and the following conservation, and ecosystem func- conservation. The future needs all of social media sites: tion in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. redefineus—now whatmore is than possible ever. in global Facebook.com/batcon Our international conservation Twitter.com/BatConIntl efforts include restoring agave Mike Daulton Instagram.com/batconservationinternational forage and protecting the habitats BCI Executive Director 2 bats / Issue 2 • 2020 BCI updates and conservation news bat signals Over 1.5 million bats live under the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, Texas. ONLINE Virtual Bat Experiences Watch bats around the world from home why not virtually explore some batty spots around the globe? BCI’s website features While traveling to a world-famous bat viewing site may be difficult at the moment, Go Online a global map with links to viewing sites, from Tanzania’s Pemba Island to Thailand’s Check out virtual bat experiences Wat Khao Wongkhot Bat Cave. You can also watch a video about the 1.5 million bats online at batcon.org/viewsites. that live under the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, Texas, and explore the wonders of Bracken Cave, all from your own home. Photo: Amanda Stronza Amanda Photo: batcon.org / bats 3 batsignals WNS White-nose Syndrome Confirmed in Texas Bat Deadly bat disease now present in 34 states IN MARCH 2020, Texas Parks and Wild- Syndromelife Department (WNS) biologists in a bat in confirmed Texas. On Februarythe first-known 23, a cave case myotis of White-nose bat (Myo - tis velifer) was found dead in Gillespie Researchers preparing swabs to test the County in central Texas. The bat tested surface of a Texas cave for signs of the fungus that causes White-nose Syndrome. positive for Pseudogymnoascus destruc- AlysonPhoto: Brokaw tans (Pd), the fungal pathogen that causes Pd A cluster of three torpid Tricolored bats skin lesions, leading to a diagnosis of the disease. cave myotis in the Texas (Perimyotis subflavus), spotted during a WNS,WNS and is examinationa deadly and offast-spreading skin tissue confirmed disease in the hibernating presence of panhandle, was first in detected 2017, then on February survey of Texas caves. bats, and it is now found in 34 states. The fungal pathogen, in central Texas in 2018, and is currently known to be present in 21 counties The fungus that causes White-nose Syndrome is throughout the state. Pd currently found in 21 Texas counties. has also been detected on several other Texas bat species, including the BCI researcher Dr. Kristen Jonasson swabbing the Mexican free-tailed bat forearm of a hibernating Tricolored bat (Perimyotis (Tadarida brasiliensis). subflavus) to test for evidence of Pd. Until this year, despite testing positive for the fungus, populations of cave myotis appeared healthy without signs of any individuals develop- Photo: AlysonPhoto: Brokaw ing the WNS disease, and there were no previous reports of bats dying from of WNS in a cave myotis suggests that WNS is an impendingWNS in Texas. threat However, to bats the in Texasrecent and confirmation highlights the need to protect Texas bats. To Learn more about BCI’s work on White-nose Syndrome, please see page 18. Photo: AlysonPhoto: Brokaw 4 bats / Issue 2 • 2020 IN MEMORIAM Remembering a Bat Conservation Hero Dr. Tom Kunz was a lifelong advocate for bats and conservationists alike WE WERE SADDENED to hear the news Dr. Tom Kunz in his of Dr. Thomas Henry Kunz passing this element listening to April 13th. Dr. Tom Kunz was one of the the next generation of bat scientists at any bat conference, and yet he had a outside Frio Cave waymost of influential making you and feel sought-after that you were people his in Texas. most important conversation. Everyone he interacted with, from the newest student to the seasoned professional, learned something from Tom in every interaction, and not just about bats, but about how to treat others with kindness, interest, and decency. We are deeply saddened to have lost such a great leader in bat conservation and a lifelong advocate for bats.
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