Bat Conservation International

Happy bat-watching season! Have you seen any batties this year?🦇

Land puppies helping sky puppies! 🐕 🤎 🦇

Meet the incredible detection dogs and scientists making Aussie wind farms safer for bats.

This week's dog-blog details how trained scent dogs are able to sniff out bat carcasses, and how that data is used to interpret wind farm impacts on bats and birds. Link in comments.👇

Note: the pups are wearing GPS collars. 📍

🌊 5 facts about the fish-eating myotis (𝘔𝘺𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘪) for ...

🐟 They are the only bats that hunt exclusively over the ocean.
👣 They have huge feet, reaching almost 15% of their total body length.
🫂 They are social and hunt together.
🦐 They feed primarily on lanternfish and shrimp-like crustaceans; supplementing their diet with insects.
📍 They're found only on islands and rocky coastlines of the Gulf of California.

📸 Glenn Thompson

Happy National Donut Day! Our array of spicy powdered donuts wanted to tell you: "eeeEEeEEEeee!"

The caves bats crave. Happy ! Cave Week

We are so excited be featured in the upcoming book "The Hidden Nations of Animals," exploring animal societies around the world. Author Ryan Huling dedicates an entire chapter to the bats of the Texas Hill Country, where he met with Bracken Cave Preserve Director Fran Hutchins and experienced a "batnado" up close.
Order yours wherever you get books today to receive on release day- Tuesday, June 2nd! 📖

Art credit: Oliver Uberti