News and Media

Recent Press Coverage

Upcoming: Tune into WBAI 99.5 FM on Sunday, August 24th, 2026 to hear our Principal Ecologist, Nic, sit down with Jeff Simmons and Erin Clarke of Animal Matters to talk about NYC's bats

New York Times, July 19, 2026, "They Don't Fight Crime, but They Do Eat Bugs: The Bats of NYC"        by Lauren Rosenfield 

• Urban Bat Project NYC, our bat walks, and our research with the High Line and Green-Wood Cemetery are featured in the latest NY Times article about bats

High Line Blog, July 6, 2026, "What creatures of the night tell us about the High Line"  

• The latest blog post from Friends of the High Line on our bat research project with the teen fellows program