The Revelator - Joanna L. Coleman

Joanna L. Coleman

has a motto: Defend Nature as if your life depends on it. Indeed, she is on a mission: To help mitigate the extinction crisis. Joanna is an assistant professor at the City University of New York, Queens College and the co-chair of two Working Groups — Bat Trade and Human Dimensions — within the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s, Species Survival Commission, Bat Specialist Group. A formally trained urban ecologist and conservation biologist, she uses ecology, data science, molecular biology and social science methods to generate evidence-based and practical recommendations for biodiversity conservation in the 21st century.

http://www.urban-ecologist.com/

A tiny orange bat nestles under a green leaf

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Species Spotlight: Going to Bat for Painted Woolly Bats

“Collectors” threaten these tiny bats, whose big ears can’t protect them from the humans loving them to death.

September 5, 2024

Joanna L. Coleman and Chris R. Shepherd

“Collectors” threaten these tiny bats, whose big ears can’t protect them from the humans loving them to death.