Dr. Merlin D. Tuttle

Merlin D. Tuttle is an ecologist, wildlife photographer and conservationist who has studied bats and championed their preservation for half a century. He is known globally through his scientific discoveries, popular articles and beautiful photographs of bats. His work has been featured in expositions from Harvard University to the British Museum and in numerous feature articles that include the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker and National Geographic. He currently directs Merlin Tuttle's Bat...See more

Merlin D. Tuttle is an ecologist, wildlife photographer and conservationist who has studied bats and championed their preservation for half a century. He is known globally through his scientific discoveries, popular articles and beautiful photographs of bats. His work has been featured in expositions from Harvard University to the British Museum and in numerous feature articles that include the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker and National Geographic. He currently directs Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation, which he founded after retiring from leading Bat Conservation International for 30 years. See less