Congratulations to Aquetzalli Nayelli Rivera Villanueva!

Aquetzalli Nayelli Rivera Villanueva (‘Nayelli’) received a prestigious 2025 Ambassador Award from BioOne for the Research Article generated from her Master’s Degree work, recently published as:

Rivera-Villanueva AN, Frick WF, Cheng TL, Zamora-Gutierrez V. 2025. Activity patterns of the nectar-feeding bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae on the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 105(6):1221 ̶1230. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyae092

Congratulations to Nayelli! This award is given to only 5 early career investigators each year. She was nominated by our own Managing Editor, Burton Lim (a bat specialist), and is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Queensland, Australia

2025 BioOne Ambassador Award Showcase