Selected Media Coverage
Bats and Zoonoses
August 2024
Bats. A Love Story – National Geographic Magazine
March 2024
One Health (and more) with DeeAnn Reeder – BioScience Talks, A Podcast with James Verdier
November 2023
No evidence for widespread transmission of viruses by African bats, says study – Phys.org
January 2021
How natural history museums should play a bigger role in finding the sources of wildlife pathogens – Washington Post
Museum scientists: Prepare for next pandemic now by preserving animal specimens in natural history – Science Daily
June 2020
Bats carry coronaviruses but don’t get sick. Could their secret help us fight COVID-19? – Philadelphia Inquirer
August 2014
As the Ebola crisis rages, West African villagers are warned away from fruit bats – Public Radio International’s “The World”, with online commentary
Bats may provide answers on Ebola – Philadelphia Inquirer
South Sudan Research Program & Mammal Biodiversity
April 2020
Endangered [African] Wild Dogs Snapped in South Sudan – Phys.org
November 2019
Pangolins are a victim of political instability in South Sudan - Mongabay
July 2019
South Sudan tries to protect wildlife after long conflict - The Associated Press, picked up by multiple outlets.
August 2018
Call for citizen scientists to help unravel the mysteries of South Sudan's forests. - Covered by multiple media outlets, including Phys.org
April 2018
These wildlife wonders are surviving in a war zone - OZY.com
November 2016
Beetles Spark Heated Debate Between Traditional Taxonomists and DNA Bar Coders – Scientific American
December 2015
Discovery of forest elephants and other previously unrecorded mammals in the “Forgotten Forests” of South Sudan. Covered by multiple international media outlets, including The Associated Press, Smithsonian Magazine, Huffington Post.
May 2014
Danger Lab! The Bats and the Bees - Mental Floss Magazine
April 2013
New Bat Genus for “Badger Bat” from South Sudan. Covered by multiple international media outlets, including The New York Times’s Science Tuesday, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, BBC, CBS, Scientific American, The Scientist
January 2012
Bat Luck! - The Scientist
May 2012
How I Survived Malaria, Bats, and Broken Bones in South Sudan - Discover Magazine
August 2011
Seeking Biodiversity in the Newest Country in the World- National Geographic Weekend - Radio interview
White-nose Syndrome Research Program
Documentaries:
Killer in the Caves. 2013. Smithsonian Channel.
“In a race against time, Dr. DeeAnn Reeder is searching for a mysterious killer. A disease known as white-nose syndrome is wiping out bat populations by the millions -and the cause and cure are still unknown”. - Winner of the 2013 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award for In Depth Science Reporting.
'The race to save Pennsylvania's bats'. 2012. WQED-TV
- Winner of an Emmy Award for Health/Environment/Science Program.
Print/TV/Online:
October 2018
Bats gain protection in Pennsylvania – The Citizen’s Voice
July 2018
Glimmers Of Hope In the Dark Battle To Save Bats. – Discover Magazine
March 2018
Bats may be poised for a comeback from white-nose syndrome. – Sierra. The National Magazine of the Sierra Club
January 2015
No time for bats to rest easy – The New York Times
October 2012
Scientists search for ways to stop bat-killing fungus - CBS News
October 2011
Deadly Bat Fungus Nailed Down - The Scientist
June 2011
What is killing the bats? - Smithsonian Magazine
October 2010
Bat Crash - National Geographic Magazine