Bat Conservation International 🦇
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Saving bats since 1982. Learn more at batcon.org.
Me for the rest of the winter 🥶🧣
🦇 Greater short-nosed fruit bat
📸 Nithin Divakar
🦇 Greater short-nosed fruit bat
📸 Nithin Divakar
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Me for the rest of the winter 🥶🧣
🦇 Greater short-nosed fruit bat
📸 Nithin Divakar
🦇 Greater short-nosed fruit bat
📸 Nithin Divakar
What species is this? Wrong answers only. 🏉
📸: Yushi & Keiko Osawa
📸: Yushi & Keiko Osawa
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
What species is this? Wrong answers only. 🏉
📸: Yushi & Keiko Osawa
📸: Yushi & Keiko Osawa
Ever dreamed of saving bats? This is your chance! Learn more at batcon.org/careers.
November 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Ever dreamed of saving bats? This is your chance! Learn more at batcon.org/careers.
Discover how BCI is supporting the food source of endangered mother bats in this new article produced for us by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions. #LivingLegacy
https://www.bbc.com/storyworks/specials/living-legacy/the-extraordinary-flight-of-the-mexican-long-nosed-bat/
📷 Horizonline Pictures
https://www.bbc.com/storyworks/specials/living-legacy/the-extraordinary-flight-of-the-mexican-long-nosed-bat/
📷 Horizonline Pictures
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Discover how BCI is supporting the food source of endangered mother bats in this new article produced for us by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions. #LivingLegacy
https://www.bbc.com/storyworks/specials/living-legacy/the-extraordinary-flight-of-the-mexican-long-nosed-bat/
📷 Horizonline Pictures
https://www.bbc.com/storyworks/specials/living-legacy/the-extraordinary-flight-of-the-mexican-long-nosed-bat/
📷 Horizonline Pictures
How did the biologist track the migratory route of the Seminole bat? Fur-ensics! 🥁
Todays blog explores how BCI scientist CJ Campbell is analyzing bat fur to map previously unknown migration patterns. https://news.batcon.org/4r2AMBL
📸 Michael Durham/Minden Pictures
Todays blog explores how BCI scientist CJ Campbell is analyzing bat fur to map previously unknown migration patterns. https://news.batcon.org/4r2AMBL
📸 Michael Durham/Minden Pictures
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
How did the biologist track the migratory route of the Seminole bat? Fur-ensics! 🥁
Todays blog explores how BCI scientist CJ Campbell is analyzing bat fur to map previously unknown migration patterns. https://news.batcon.org/4r2AMBL
📸 Michael Durham/Minden Pictures
Todays blog explores how BCI scientist CJ Campbell is analyzing bat fur to map previously unknown migration patterns. https://news.batcon.org/4r2AMBL
📸 Michael Durham/Minden Pictures
Prepare for take off ✈️
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Prepare for take off ✈️
We're hiring -- join the Habitat Restoration & Protection Team!
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We're hiring -- join the Habitat Restoration & Protection Team!
My boss says we have to do more "marketing". I hope this is what she meant...
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My boss says we have to do more "marketing". I hope this is what she meant...
We could all be so lucky!
The ghost bat, 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘴, is Australia's only carnivorous bat. Comparable in size to flying foxes, this phantasmic species has been known to hunt insects, reptiles, small mammals, and birds. Learn more: https://www.batcon.org/ghost-hunters/
The ghost bat, 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘴, is Australia's only carnivorous bat. Comparable in size to flying foxes, this phantasmic species has been known to hunt insects, reptiles, small mammals, and birds. Learn more: https://www.batcon.org/ghost-hunters/
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We could all be so lucky!
The ghost bat, 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘴, is Australia's only carnivorous bat. Comparable in size to flying foxes, this phantasmic species has been known to hunt insects, reptiles, small mammals, and birds. Learn more: https://www.batcon.org/ghost-hunters/
The ghost bat, 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘴, is Australia's only carnivorous bat. Comparable in size to flying foxes, this phantasmic species has been known to hunt insects, reptiles, small mammals, and birds. Learn more: https://www.batcon.org/ghost-hunters/
This is 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘪. She was wondering if you could read her a bedtime story. And if you could just turn it upside down...¿
📸 Jason Corbett
📸 Jason Corbett
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘪. She was wondering if you could read her a bedtime story. And if you could just turn it upside down...¿
📸 Jason Corbett
📸 Jason Corbett
"Tag, you're it!” To help better understand the migratory patterns of forest-dwelling bats, the BCI Team took to the California Redwoods to track hoary and silver-haired bats. Knowing the movements of these species will help us better understand the threats they face. Fly safe, friends!
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Tag, you're it!” To help better understand the migratory patterns of forest-dwelling bats, the BCI Team took to the California Redwoods to track hoary and silver-haired bats. Knowing the movements of these species will help us better understand the threats they face. Fly safe, friends!
🌲 “There are about 13 bat species that live in the coast redwood forests of California—redwood trees make excellent bat homes. Old redwood trees are especially valuable as bat homes, as their ‘basal hollows’ serve as ‘caves’ for some bat species."
https://sempervirens.org/news/bats-and-redwoods/
https://sempervirens.org/news/bats-and-redwoods/
Bat Chat: Nocturnal Knowledge with Dr. Winifred Frick - Sempervirens Fund
They’re more than creatures that go bump in the night—bats are important mammals in the redwood forest. Learn more about the bats that call California home with Dr. Winifred Frick, Chief Scientist at ...
sempervirens.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🌲 “There are about 13 bat species that live in the coast redwood forests of California—redwood trees make excellent bat homes. Old redwood trees are especially valuable as bat homes, as their ‘basal hollows’ serve as ‘caves’ for some bat species."
https://sempervirens.org/news/bats-and-redwoods/
https://sempervirens.org/news/bats-and-redwoods/
BCI is named TWICE in the 2024 USFWS Recovery Champion Awards for our work in the SW Region supporting the Endangered Mexican long-nosed bat and in the SE Region supporting the Endangered Florida bonneted bat.
📷 Horizonline Pictures; MGambaRios
📷 Horizonline Pictures; MGambaRios
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
BCI is named TWICE in the 2024 USFWS Recovery Champion Awards for our work in the SW Region supporting the Endangered Mexican long-nosed bat and in the SE Region supporting the Endangered Florida bonneted bat.
📷 Horizonline Pictures; MGambaRios
📷 Horizonline Pictures; MGambaRios
"Without the bats, tequila and mezcal wouldn't even exist. If people want to keep drinking tequila and mezcal, they have to take the bats into account, they have to be concerned about conservation."
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251028-mexicos-tequila-future-depends-on-bats
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251028-mexicos-tequila-future-depends-on-bats
Why tequila depends on Mexico's bats
Conservationists and communities are planting thousands of agave plants to protect endangered bats, and the future of Mexico's tequila production.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"Without the bats, tequila and mezcal wouldn't even exist. If people want to keep drinking tequila and mezcal, they have to take the bats into account, they have to be concerned about conservation."
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251028-mexicos-tequila-future-depends-on-bats
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251028-mexicos-tequila-future-depends-on-bats
Petition to celebrate Bat Week 52 weeks a year- please sign below. ✍️
🦇 Sanborn's big-eared bat
📸 Jennifer Barros
🦇 Sanborn's big-eared bat
📸 Jennifer Barros
November 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Petition to celebrate Bat Week 52 weeks a year- please sign below. ✍️
🦇 Sanborn's big-eared bat
📸 Jennifer Barros
🦇 Sanborn's big-eared bat
📸 Jennifer Barros
¡uǝǝʍollɐH ʎddɐH
Looking for a simple and achievable Halloween costume that you'll need to explain to every person you come across? Well, look no further!
Looking for a simple and achievable Halloween costume that you'll need to explain to every person you come across? Well, look no further!
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
¡uǝǝʍollɐH ʎddɐH
Looking for a simple and achievable Halloween costume that you'll need to explain to every person you come across? Well, look no further!
Looking for a simple and achievable Halloween costume that you'll need to explain to every person you come across? Well, look no further!
They can’t keep getting away with this
October 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
They can’t keep getting away with this
🎵 My milkshake is made by the boys in the yard 🎵
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You read that correctly. In one of the only known occurrences of paternal lactation, male Dayak’s fruit bats are able to feed their young milk from their own mammary glands 🍼
🦇 Dayak fruit bat
📸 Ch'ien Lee/ Minden Pictures
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You read that correctly. In one of the only known occurrences of paternal lactation, male Dayak’s fruit bats are able to feed their young milk from their own mammary glands 🍼
🦇 Dayak fruit bat
📸 Ch'ien Lee/ Minden Pictures
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🎵 My milkshake is made by the boys in the yard 🎵
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You read that correctly. In one of the only known occurrences of paternal lactation, male Dayak’s fruit bats are able to feed their young milk from their own mammary glands 🍼
🦇 Dayak fruit bat
📸 Ch'ien Lee/ Minden Pictures
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You read that correctly. In one of the only known occurrences of paternal lactation, male Dayak’s fruit bats are able to feed their young milk from their own mammary glands 🍼
🦇 Dayak fruit bat
📸 Ch'ien Lee/ Minden Pictures
Last Chance! If you're a grad student don't miss your chance to apply for our 2026 Student Scholars program. The application deadline is a week away! Batcon.org/student-scholars
Student Scholars - Bat Conservation International
Grow global capacity for bat conservation with scholarships and support for students
batcon.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Last Chance! If you're a grad student don't miss your chance to apply for our 2026 Student Scholars program. The application deadline is a week away! Batcon.org/student-scholars
"Maaahhhmm!” Common vampire bats (𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴) form close familial bonds, especially mothers and pups. Here, a pup calls out for its mom who then returns (perhaps from an evening of hunting).
October 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"Maaahhhmm!” Common vampire bats (𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴) form close familial bonds, especially mothers and pups. Here, a pup calls out for its mom who then returns (perhaps from an evening of hunting).
Sorry, humans. As far as vampire bats go: they're just not that into you!
Vampire bats feed exclusively on blood of wild mammals such as tapirs, and common livestock like cows and horses.
This hairy-legged vampire bat said you seem really nice, but you're just not his type.
📸 Jennifer Barros
Vampire bats feed exclusively on blood of wild mammals such as tapirs, and common livestock like cows and horses.
This hairy-legged vampire bat said you seem really nice, but you're just not his type.
📸 Jennifer Barros
October 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Sorry, humans. As far as vampire bats go: they're just not that into you!
Vampire bats feed exclusively on blood of wild mammals such as tapirs, and common livestock like cows and horses.
This hairy-legged vampire bat said you seem really nice, but you're just not his type.
📸 Jennifer Barros
Vampire bats feed exclusively on blood of wild mammals such as tapirs, and common livestock like cows and horses.
This hairy-legged vampire bat said you seem really nice, but you're just not his type.
📸 Jennifer Barros
Knock knock!
Who’s there?
Orange!
Orange who?
Orange you glad you got to hear about bats? 🍊
Learn more about these gorgeous, festive bats in our latest blog post. https://www.batcon.org/orange-is-the-new-bat/🦇
Who’s there?
Orange!
Orange who?
Orange you glad you got to hear about bats? 🍊
Learn more about these gorgeous, festive bats in our latest blog post. https://www.batcon.org/orange-is-the-new-bat/🦇
October 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Knock knock!
Who’s there?
Orange!
Orange who?
Orange you glad you got to hear about bats? 🍊
Learn more about these gorgeous, festive bats in our latest blog post. https://www.batcon.org/orange-is-the-new-bat/🦇
Who’s there?
Orange!
Orange who?
Orange you glad you got to hear about bats? 🍊
Learn more about these gorgeous, festive bats in our latest blog post. https://www.batcon.org/orange-is-the-new-bat/🦇
Everything you know about vampire bats is a lie! Okay, well they do drink blood, but who hasn’t? Let’s look at their good qualities.
🩸 cute
🩸 great friends
🩸 wonderful mothers
🩸 regurgitate blood for each other
🩸 cute
🩸 great friends
🩸 wonderful mothers
🩸 regurgitate blood for each other
October 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Everything you know about vampire bats is a lie! Okay, well they do drink blood, but who hasn’t? Let’s look at their good qualities.
🩸 cute
🩸 great friends
🩸 wonderful mothers
🩸 regurgitate blood for each other
🩸 cute
🩸 great friends
🩸 wonderful mothers
🩸 regurgitate blood for each other
Appreciate bats all year with BCI merch. Enjoy decor, stickers, and apparel that gives back! 👉 batcon.org/shop
October 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Appreciate bats all year with BCI merch. Enjoy decor, stickers, and apparel that gives back! 👉 batcon.org/shop
Grad Students! Don't miss your chance to apply for our 2026 Student Scholars program. The application deadline is October 31!
batcon.org/student-scholars
batcon.org/student-scholars
Student Scholars - Bat Conservation International
Grow global capacity for bat conservation with scholarships and support for students
batcon.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Grad Students! Don't miss your chance to apply for our 2026 Student Scholars program. The application deadline is October 31!
batcon.org/student-scholars
batcon.org/student-scholars