Many of you may be asking right about now “what has Mark Avery been reading recently?” I was curious about that very question myself – so I popped over to his website and as I discovered, he’s been reading quite a lot.
Catching Up With Mark
bats
The Secret Lives of Bats
What with All Hallows Eve being just a day away, many of us are knee-deep in imagery of things – both real and imaginary – that go bump in the night, presumably with nefarious intentions. Of these a sizable portion are depictions of bats. However rather than being the malicious harbingers of doom they are generally portrayed to be, bats are in fact both fascinating and ecologically essential creatures.
Bats: A World of Science and Mystery
For those who are either already fascinated by them, or those who are simply curious to learn a bit more about some of the world’s most widely and notoriously misunderstood mammals, news of the forthcoming publication of M. Brock Fenton’s and Nancy Simmons’ “Bats; A World of Science and Mystery” by The University of Chicago Press should come as very welcome news indeed.