Bat Conservation International 🦇

There is no better time than now to become a BCI member! Join The Roost at $25/month and receive a beautifully illustrated sticker sheet as our special thank-you for supporting bats. Donations of $50/month or more get all 4! 🦇 Join today: https://news.batcon.org/4yBu1JT

Feeling flighty? Ground yourself and test your knowledge against these Bat Week inspired trivia questions! 🦇

BCI Senior Research Scientist Giorgia Auteri was a recent guest on the @npr.org's Short Wave podcast discussing the impacts of white-nose syndrome on bats and a big breakthrough that could help them. Grab your headphones and tune in. https://news.batcon.org/4s8tcq7 🎧

Our final champion might be a bit controversial. Your Bat Month Madness: Floofiest Champion is 🥁 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴! 🌯 Was the floofiest bat crowned? Or does 𝘍𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘴 deserve justice?

Hear ye, hear ye! The Bat Month Madness: All Ears champion, 𝘌𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘮, has arrived. 🎺

Face card never declines for 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘹, our Bat Month Madness: Serving Face winner! 🎉💳

Love bats, but don't know how to help save them? Don't miss this webinar on one of the #1 ways you can support bats and other nocturnal wildlife featuring Dark Sky International. #BatWeek https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8117924532109/WN_VMnnXQ5ESROvIJJkQJVcXA

People love hoary bats for their beautiful fur and spicy attitude. But take a closer look and discover there's even more to love about hoary bats than meets the eye. Join us in discovering the hidden beauty of bats: https://news.batcon.org/4yBwwfW

Bats in your belfry? If you're in the southeast United States, it might be an evening bat. 🦇 🧑‍🔬 Dr. Teague O'Mara, BCI Director of Conservation Evidence

Whether your Halloween spirit needs boosting, or is at an all-time high, here's a few bats to make your heart go 🧡

You voted, we listened.👂The All Ears finalists are anxiously waiting to hEAR the results. Cast your vote in the comments now! ⬇️

A FACE-off of epic proportions: two total lookers have advanced to the finals in the Bat Month Madness Serving Face category. Cast your vote now! 🗳️⬇️

🧑‍🏫 Grad students! Apply now for our 2027 Student Scholars program at batcon.org/student-scholars. Applications close October 31st.

The fast and the floofiest comes down to this: thumbless bat versus hoary bat in a super adorable final showdown. Who will take the grand prize as the floofiest bat in Bat Month Madness? Cast your vote now! ⬇️

BCI is proud to bring a strong delegation to the @unbiodiversity.bsky.social Conference (#COP17Armenia), where we’ll advocate for bats and the critical role they play in healthy ecosystems. By protecting bat habitats, we help safeguard biodiversity around the world. 🦇🌎

The beauty of bats continue to be revealed with the unique and spicy pallid bat. Join us: https://news.batcon.org/4rYREdC 🤍

Fun fact: Mexico is home to an astonishing 135 species of bats! 🇲🇽 Learn about the 10 most common species in our latest blog post: https://news.batcon.org/4jDztrA

In honor of Spooky Season, this week's Bat of the Week is none other than the northern ghost bat. 👻

This Bat Appreciation Month, we're uncovering the hidden beauty of bats. 🤍 Join us: https://news.batcon.org/4rYREdC

Our third and final category for Bat Month Madness is awaiting your vote and we are all ears as to who you'll pick for this one! Cast your vote now! 🦇

Lethal face card? We have 4 bats that know allllll about that. 💁‍♀️ Only 2 of these batties can advance into the final round of Bat Month Madness... cast your vote now! 🦇

Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fluffiest of them all? That's exactly what we're trying to find out. 🔎 Voting is live on IG for Bat Month Madness!

Don't let the scariest part of Halloween be the impact your decor has on wildlife 🕸️ Stretchy artificial webs can pose real dangers to bats, birds, and more. Unlike real spiderwebs, artificial webbing doesn’t break easily, meaning bats and birds are easily tangled up in the strands. 📸 Dick Wilkins

Fishing for bats? 🎣 PhD student Kristin Dyer is leading new research at Bracken Cave to study climatic drivers of bat migration. And that research involves catching the bats in small nets. Learn more: https://www.batcon.org/the-bat-shift-at-bracken-cave/

We're hiring full-time and seasonal positions! 🦇

Enjoy a moment of tranquility with 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘺𝘳𝘳𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 this morning. 😌 🦇 White-lined broad-nosed bat 📹 Jennifer Barros

🧑‍🏫 Grad students! Apply now for our 2027 Student Scholars program at batcon.org/student-scholars. Applications close October 31st.

Happy 𝘽𝙖𝙩 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝! 🦇 What do you most appreciate about bats?

An eastern red bat taking a sip of water -- or is this more of a chomp? 💦 🦇 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 📷 Dr. Amanda Adams

Our social media manager is out, but we're following her instructions to a T! 🦇 Northern long-eared bat 📷 Sherri & Brock Fenton

🦇 Grad Students: we'll be accepting applications for the 2027 Student Scholars program beginning this Thursday! Learn more at batcon.org/student-scholars

Did you know there are a few lucky places that have an official state bat? Read our latest blog to see if your state is one of the lucky ones! https://www.batcon.org/states-with-bats/

Loving bats: so chic right now. 💅

Volume up to hear this chatty big brown batty! 🦇 🧑‍🔬 Dr. Teague O'Mara, BCI Director of Conservation Evidence

This is 𝘊𝘰𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘪. He can hear your thoughts loud and clear. 📡 🦇 Tailless roundleaf bat 📸 Charles M Francis

POV: You just ate a yummy frog. 🐸 While fringe-lipped bats appear to specialize in frogs as a food source, they have also been observed to eat large insects such as beetles and katydids, small lizards, and possibly even other bats. 🦇 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘴 📸 Antonio Nonato/ iNaturalist

Truth is stranger than fiction; this photo IS NOT A.I. 🦇 Trefoil horseshoe bat 📸 Charles M. Francis

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Uncover how scientists are working with wildlife around the globe to save species from wildlife disease, with one excerpt featuring Dr. Tina Cheng, BCI Director of White-nose Syndrome. Perfect for nature-lovers ages 8+ and available wherever you get books!

Swipe to see some bat toe beans (including the incredible glow-in-the-dark toes of 𝘛𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴!) ✨

Meet Harrison's large-eared giant mastiff bat (𝘖𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪). These elusive bats are forcing scientists to think outside the box in order to collect more data on the species. Learn more: https://www.batcon.org/tracking-kenyas-most-elusive-bat/ 📸 Dr Isabella Mandl

Our Bat of the Week is a̶ ̶c̶o̶t̶t̶o̶n̶ ̶b̶a̶l̶l̶ the Honduran white bat. 🦇 This bat is of the two smallest frugivorous bat species in the world, weighing about as much as a US Quarter. 🤏 These tiny cuties are only found in Central America and have a Global Conservation Status of Near Threatened by the IUCN.

The time has come for another important scientific survey: which bat are you today? It's a bit of a 7-before-lunch, 1-after-lunch kind of day. pc: Jennifer Barros

Remember the important things in life: bats.

🗣️ New Podcast Alert! The latest episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast is all about bats! 🦇 https://open.spotify.com/episode/36DWaarsYugYgRsVJJT3LN 📸 Jonathan Alonzo

National Wildlife Day aims to raise awareness around endangered species, conservation, and habitats protection. In recognition of this day, here are 5 facts about the rarest bat in the US: the Florida bonneted at.

Behold: the illusive scrungly bat. 🫪 🦇 Lesser woolly horseshoe bat (𝘙𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘴)

Nearly 80% of bats are insectivorous. But how does that break down in terms of consumption? No matter how you slice it, that's a lot of crunching and munching! 🦟

Happy International Bat Night from your friends at BCI. 🖤🌝🦇

A face only a bat-lover could love. 💞 🦇 Visored bat 📸 Lizette-siles-m/ iNaturalist