It’s now been a little over six months since I left home to start a journey around the world, trying to see as many bat

My trip to Malaysia, both Sabah and Peninsular was a huge disappointment in terms of both wildlife and travel experience so I have decided not

After having travelled through Oceania, Asia, North America, it’s time to head to Africa.  Africa is tricky for bats because the problem of lack of

My tight schedule meant I had very little time in the USA for bats, though it also has relatively few species compared to most countries

After visiting Sulawesi and Seram, it was time to head over to the complete unknown. And for bats, it doesn’t get much more unknown than

The Philippines were a challenge and so was Indonesia. I knew that well before I landed there so I did what every sensible person does

Hackett et al. 2013, echolocation calls of 13 species in the Arava Desert, Israel. When I first saw the figure above, I realised how incredible

Kiwi, my travel companion amazed by the sheer size of Acerodon jubatus, the largest bat in the World! The view on the beach near the

When you think about it, in Australia, marsupials have equivalents for pretty much all kinds of mammals (or used to). There are anteater-like marsupials (Numbat),