{"id":15364,"date":"2024-04-30T10:19:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T14:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=15364"},"modified":"2025-01-27T09:48:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T14:48:25","slug":"aidan-wouters-discusses-about-the-crucial-role-of-bats-in-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2024\/aidan-wouters-discusses-about-the-crucial-role-of-bats-in-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Aidan Wouters discusses about the crucial role of bats in nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton Biology&#8217;s grad <a href=\"https:\/\/christinadavy.wordpress.com\/about\/people\/\"><strong>Aidan Wouters<\/strong><\/a> working with <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/christina-davy\/\">Christina Davy<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/jeff-dawson\/\">Jeff Dawson<\/a> was recently interviewed on iHeart podcast. Aidan is studying biomechanical implications of adaptation to ground-roosting in bats, with a focus on the eastern small-footed bat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/international-bat-appreciation-day-the-crucial-role-of-bats-in-nature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Bat Appreciation Day: The crucial role of bats in nature<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/962-the-rush-sound-bites-73948751\/episode\/international-bat-appreciation-day-168772357\/\">Click here!<\/a> to listen to her podcast hosted by science communicator Dan Riskin.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15366 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_20220508_152210_1-1-400x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_20220508_152210_1-1-400x534.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_20220508_152210_1-1-240x320.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_20220508_152210_1-1-160x213.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_20220508_152210_1-1-360x480.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_20220508_152210_1-1-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_20220508_152210_1-1.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton Biology&#8217;s grad Aidan Wouters working with Christina Davy &amp; Jeff Dawson was recently interviewed on iHeart podcast. Aidan is studying biomechanical implications of adaptation to ground-roosting in bats, with a focus on the eastern small-footed bat. International Bat Appreciation Day: The crucial role of bats in nature Click here! to listen to her podcast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Aidan Wouters discusses about the crucial role of bats in nature - Department of Biology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Carleton Biology&#039;s grad Aidan Wouters working with Christina Davy &amp; Jeff Dawson was recently interviewed on iHeart podcast. 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