Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇
@albertabats.bsky.social
Alberta Community Bat Program (www.albertabats.ca). Promoting bat conservation, stewardship & education. A program of WCS Canada (Wildlife Conservation Society Canada) and a member of the WCS Canada Western Bat Program.
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Wind energy is essential for a cleaner future, but at what cost to wildlife?
We have created a short 7min documentary highlighting the issues affecting migratory bats in western Canada and across North America. Solutions exist but implementation needs to be encouraged. See below for links.🦇🌎🦊🧪
We have created a short 7min documentary highlighting the issues affecting migratory bats in western Canada and across North America. Solutions exist but implementation needs to be encouraged. See below for links.🦇🌎🦊🧪
Start seeing your property as habitat. What are you doing to support native ecology? Plant native trees and plants to help local wildlife - even in the city. Skip pesticides. Replace some lawn with native plants (and lower your water bill!). Turn off outdoor lights in summer. Small steps matter. 🦇🏡🌿
February 11, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Start seeing your property as habitat. What are you doing to support native ecology? Plant native trees and plants to help local wildlife - even in the city. Skip pesticides. Replace some lawn with native plants (and lower your water bill!). Turn off outdoor lights in summer. Small steps matter. 🦇🏡🌿
Best practice for bat houses is installing 3 or more boxes close together, with different sun exposure or colours to create varied microclimates. Using a FLIR infrared camera, we see zones & heat clusters where bats roost. Watch and you’ll spot the “hot” bats dropping out as they head off to hunt 🦇✨
February 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Best practice for bat houses is installing 3 or more boxes close together, with different sun exposure or colours to create varied microclimates. Using a FLIR infrared camera, we see zones & heat clusters where bats roost. Watch and you’ll spot the “hot” bats dropping out as they head off to hunt 🦇✨
DYK that dead bats are sold as trinkets around the world? Our colleagues published recently about the negative impacts this trade has had on bat populations and the need for better, enforced legislation. 🦇🌎🧪
We studied the ornamental trade in painted woolly bats in Ho Chi Minh City. We found: this bat is popular in trade, hunted in the wild in Vietnam, mainly sold to tourists and rare in the wild. The trade is illegal, but this bat needs stronger legal protections.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
DYK that dead bats are sold as trinkets around the world? Our colleagues published recently about the negative impacts this trade has had on bat populations and the need for better, enforced legislation. 🦇🌎🧪
🦇 Little Brown Bats are widespread across North America. "Myotis" is the genus they belong to (Myotis lucifugus) and it means "mouse-eared". It is still correct to call them a Little Brown Bat - using "Myotis" is just a little more descriptive.
February 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
🦇 Little Brown Bats are widespread across North America. "Myotis" is the genus they belong to (Myotis lucifugus) and it means "mouse-eared". It is still correct to call them a Little Brown Bat - using "Myotis" is just a little more descriptive.
Our latest issue of "The Roost Report" is out! You can find it here www.albertabats.ca/hibernation-...
Learn about bat hibernation habitat and the challenges we have had finding out where bats go in the winter! 🦇🧪🌎🦊
Learn about bat hibernation habitat and the challenges we have had finding out where bats go in the winter! 🦇🧪🌎🦊
Hibernation - crevice roosts are important (The Roost Report #007 ) - Alberta Community Bat Program
Finding hibernation sites for bats is challenging! Typical overwintering habitat has been caves but crevice habitat may be more important than we thought.
www.albertabats.ca
February 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Our latest issue of "The Roost Report" is out! You can find it here www.albertabats.ca/hibernation-...
Learn about bat hibernation habitat and the challenges we have had finding out where bats go in the winter! 🦇🧪🌎🦊
Learn about bat hibernation habitat and the challenges we have had finding out where bats go in the winter! 🦇🧪🌎🦊
January was a little quiet online… because we were very loud behind the scenes 🦇
Grant writing, project planning, and gearing up for a season of bat netting, DNA analysis, and acoustic monitoring.
Big things are coming—stay tuned. #SameBatChannel
Grant writing, project planning, and gearing up for a season of bat netting, DNA analysis, and acoustic monitoring.
Big things are coming—stay tuned. #SameBatChannel
February 2, 2026 at 4:47 PM
January was a little quiet online… because we were very loud behind the scenes 🦇
Grant writing, project planning, and gearing up for a season of bat netting, DNA analysis, and acoustic monitoring.
Big things are coming—stay tuned. #SameBatChannel
Grant writing, project planning, and gearing up for a season of bat netting, DNA analysis, and acoustic monitoring.
Big things are coming—stay tuned. #SameBatChannel
🦇🌎🧪for those looking for it - here is the link to the op-ed. This is a call to action for all supporters of informed, sustainable wildlife and wildlife habitat management! This call is particular to British Columbia - but the tenets are true everywhere.
Check out the Vancouver Sun for Cori Lausen's latest op-ed which shows that we can’t build a resilient future by sidelining biodiversity (2/2)
🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/yhqfjjbdvu
@albertabats.bsky.social
🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/yhqfjjbdvu
@albertabats.bsky.social
Opinion: B.C.’s commitment to biodiversity put on hold
48 species listed as endangered federally aren't recognized as species at risk in B.C. and don't qualify for steps to protect their habitat.
f.mtr.cool
January 28, 2026 at 5:08 PM
🦇🌎🧪for those looking for it - here is the link to the op-ed. This is a call to action for all supporters of informed, sustainable wildlife and wildlife habitat management! This call is particular to British Columbia - but the tenets are true everywhere.
🦇🌎🧪A call for action from our director of bat research, Dr. Cori Lausen. The lists of "species at risk" in British Columbia include more than bats - BC legislation has always fallen short in NOT protecting habitat for these species. Clear rules help wildlife & help responsible development.
After nearly 20 years without updating the Species at Risk list used by the Forestry Industry, many of BC's endangered species still lack real habitat protection - even though science is clear that without it, recovery is unlikely (1/2)
📸 Cory Olson
📸 Cory Olson
January 28, 2026 at 5:05 PM
🦇🌎🧪A call for action from our director of bat research, Dr. Cori Lausen. The lists of "species at risk" in British Columbia include more than bats - BC legislation has always fallen short in NOT protecting habitat for these species. Clear rules help wildlife & help responsible development.
🦇Bonjour à tous ! Nos collègues de Colombie-Britannique ont traduit la brochure sur les communautés favorables aux chauves-souris en français ! Bonne lecture !
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Nouvelle version française de la brochure | BC BATS
Nous sommes heureux de vous présenter la nouvelle version française de la brochure Communautés amies des chauves-souris (C.-B.).
bcbats.ca
January 23, 2026 at 6:45 PM
🦇Bonjour à tous ! Nos collègues de Colombie-Britannique ont traduit la brochure sur les communautés favorables aux chauves-souris en français ! Bonne lecture !
bcbats.ca/bc-bats-news...
bcbats.ca/bc-bats-news...
Bats need trees to survive. 🌳🦇Native trees offer safe roosting sites and support the insects bats eat.
Plant a tree this year — it’s a win for bats and a win for people.
It's never to early to start thinking about planting!
Plant a tree this year — it’s a win for bats and a win for people.
It's never to early to start thinking about planting!
January 21, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Bats need trees to survive. 🌳🦇Native trees offer safe roosting sites and support the insects bats eat.
Plant a tree this year — it’s a win for bats and a win for people.
It's never to early to start thinking about planting!
Plant a tree this year — it’s a win for bats and a win for people.
It's never to early to start thinking about planting!
🦇🌎🧪ICYMI - our work with a probiotic to help combat white-nose syndrome in bats was featured on Global News just before Christmas. A nice interview featuring our provincial lead in Alberta, Cory Olson & our colleague Dr. Matina Kalcounis-Ruppell at the University of Alberta.
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Deadly fungus ‘White-nose syndrome’ found in Alberta bats
YouTube video by Global News
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January 16, 2026 at 7:58 PM
🦇🌎🧪ICYMI - our work with a probiotic to help combat white-nose syndrome in bats was featured on Global News just before Christmas. A nice interview featuring our provincial lead in Alberta, Cory Olson & our colleague Dr. Matina Kalcounis-Ruppell at the University of Alberta.
youtu.be/Df8OudBW1Sc?...
youtu.be/Df8OudBW1Sc?...
#NewPublication!
Welfare and Handling Recommendations for Bat Surveys in Canada (Patriquin et al. 2026) - co-authors include our director of bat research Dr. Cori Lausen🦇🧪🌎 (open access)
www.eaglehill.us/NABRonline/a...
Welfare and Handling Recommendations for Bat Surveys in Canada (Patriquin et al. 2026) - co-authors include our director of bat research Dr. Cori Lausen🦇🧪🌎 (open access)
www.eaglehill.us/NABRonline/a...
January 14, 2026 at 9:25 PM
#NewPublication!
Welfare and Handling Recommendations for Bat Surveys in Canada (Patriquin et al. 2026) - co-authors include our director of bat research Dr. Cori Lausen🦇🧪🌎 (open access)
www.eaglehill.us/NABRonline/a...
Welfare and Handling Recommendations for Bat Surveys in Canada (Patriquin et al. 2026) - co-authors include our director of bat research Dr. Cori Lausen🦇🧪🌎 (open access)
www.eaglehill.us/NABRonline/a...
Reposted by Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇
Find out more about how our probiotic could be a lifeline for bats in NWT at Cabin Radio @albertabats.bsky.social
These biologists are working against the clock to save the NWT’s bats
Northern bats are some of the last holdouts against a deadly fungus sweeping North America. Meet the scientists trying to help the bats beat the disease.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Find out more about how our probiotic could be a lifeline for bats in NWT at Cabin Radio @albertabats.bsky.social
#TheRoostReport! #NewEdition January 2026!
This is an update on the results of our WCS Canada Western Bat Program's work with a probiotic to fight white-nose syndrome in bats. 🦇🧪🌎
www.albertabats.ca/probiotics-t...
This is an update on the results of our WCS Canada Western Bat Program's work with a probiotic to fight white-nose syndrome in bats. 🦇🧪🌎
www.albertabats.ca/probiotics-t...
January 7, 2026 at 5:34 PM
#TheRoostReport! #NewEdition January 2026!
This is an update on the results of our WCS Canada Western Bat Program's work with a probiotic to fight white-nose syndrome in bats. 🦇🧪🌎
www.albertabats.ca/probiotics-t...
This is an update on the results of our WCS Canada Western Bat Program's work with a probiotic to fight white-nose syndrome in bats. 🦇🧪🌎
www.albertabats.ca/probiotics-t...
🦇🧪🌎Working to help protect bats in the NWT - will the probiotic help? White-nose syndrome is sweeping to the north - but our WCS Canada team is supporting efforts with biologists in the Territories.
cabinradio.ca/272595/news/...
cabinradio.ca/272595/news/...
These biologists are working against the clock to save the NWT’s bats
Northern bats are some of the last holdouts against a deadly fungus sweeping North America. Meet the scientists trying to help the bats beat the disease.
cabinradio.ca
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 AM
🦇🧪🌎Working to help protect bats in the NWT - will the probiotic help? White-nose syndrome is sweeping to the north - but our WCS Canada team is supporting efforts with biologists in the Territories.
cabinradio.ca/272595/news/...
cabinradio.ca/272595/news/...
🦇 Wrapped in wings, conserving energy, waiting for spring.
Bats are some of the quiet heroes of winter - resilient, efficient, and essential to healthy ecosystems.
#WinterWildlife #LANO #MYCA #BC #Snugglebuddies
Bats are some of the quiet heroes of winter - resilient, efficient, and essential to healthy ecosystems.
#WinterWildlife #LANO #MYCA #BC #Snugglebuddies
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
🦇 Wrapped in wings, conserving energy, waiting for spring.
Bats are some of the quiet heroes of winter - resilient, efficient, and essential to healthy ecosystems.
#WinterWildlife #LANO #MYCA #BC #Snugglebuddies
Bats are some of the quiet heroes of winter - resilient, efficient, and essential to healthy ecosystems.
#WinterWildlife #LANO #MYCA #BC #Snugglebuddies
🦇We are deeply grateful to our conservation partners, volunteers, and funding organizations whose commitment, collaboration, and generosity make this work possible. Protecting bats - and the ecosystems they support - is a shared effort, and we couldn’t do it without you.
December 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
🦇We are deeply grateful to our conservation partners, volunteers, and funding organizations whose commitment, collaboration, and generosity make this work possible. Protecting bats - and the ecosystems they support - is a shared effort, and we couldn’t do it without you.
🦇2025 we produced a great video about bat houses! If you plan on building some this winter - check out this great compilation of all the things you should know before you choose a spot to install one! (and feel free to subscribe to our YouTube Channel!) #BatFriends
youtu.be/BhJZjQBonkE?...
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Supporting Alberta's Bats: The Role of Bat Boxes in Conservation
YouTube video by Alberta Bats
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December 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
🦇2025 we produced a great video about bat houses! If you plan on building some this winter - check out this great compilation of all the things you should know before you choose a spot to install one! (and feel free to subscribe to our YouTube Channel!) #BatFriends
youtu.be/BhJZjQBonkE?...
youtu.be/BhJZjQBonkE?...
Important Holiday PSA 🦇
This Hoary Bat confirms it’s Monday.
He also reminds you that napping is acceptable - especially if you brought your own butt blanket.
This Hoary Bat confirms it’s Monday.
He also reminds you that napping is acceptable - especially if you brought your own butt blanket.
December 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Important Holiday PSA 🦇
This Hoary Bat confirms it’s Monday.
He also reminds you that napping is acceptable - especially if you brought your own butt blanket.
This Hoary Bat confirms it’s Monday.
He also reminds you that napping is acceptable - especially if you brought your own butt blanket.
As the year comes to a close, we’re feeling grateful 🦇✨
In 2025, the Alberta Bat Program participated in 43 outreach events & reached 10,000+ people across Alberta.
Year-end donations help us continue this work into the new year.
Thank you for supporting bats this season 💚
Donate link in comments
In 2025, the Alberta Bat Program participated in 43 outreach events & reached 10,000+ people across Alberta.
Year-end donations help us continue this work into the new year.
Thank you for supporting bats this season 💚
Donate link in comments
December 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
As the year comes to a close, we’re feeling grateful 🦇✨
In 2025, the Alberta Bat Program participated in 43 outreach events & reached 10,000+ people across Alberta.
Year-end donations help us continue this work into the new year.
Thank you for supporting bats this season 💚
Donate link in comments
In 2025, the Alberta Bat Program participated in 43 outreach events & reached 10,000+ people across Alberta.
Year-end donations help us continue this work into the new year.
Thank you for supporting bats this season 💚
Donate link in comments
🦇🧪🌎Question the Mark: A Review and Assessment of Bat Marking Practices - Loeb - 2026 - Mammal Review - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Question the Mark: A Review and Assessment of Bat Marking Practices
We reviewed a decade of research on bats and conducted a broader systematic review to assess the nature of bat marking practices and the effects and efficacy of marks. Effects of marks on bats, mark ...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
🦇🧪🌎Question the Mark: A Review and Assessment of Bat Marking Practices - Loeb - 2026 - Mammal Review - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🚫 Why are some caves and mines closed in winter?
To protect hibernating bats. These quiet months are critical - undisturbed hibernation can mean the difference between life and death. Closures also help reduce the spread of the fungus (Pd) that causes white-nose syndrome.🦇
#ProtectBats #Alberta
To protect hibernating bats. These quiet months are critical - undisturbed hibernation can mean the difference between life and death. Closures also help reduce the spread of the fungus (Pd) that causes white-nose syndrome.🦇
#ProtectBats #Alberta
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
🚫 Why are some caves and mines closed in winter?
To protect hibernating bats. These quiet months are critical - undisturbed hibernation can mean the difference between life and death. Closures also help reduce the spread of the fungus (Pd) that causes white-nose syndrome.🦇
#ProtectBats #Alberta
To protect hibernating bats. These quiet months are critical - undisturbed hibernation can mean the difference between life and death. Closures also help reduce the spread of the fungus (Pd) that causes white-nose syndrome.🦇
#ProtectBats #Alberta
🦇Happy Winter Solstice! The shortest day and the longest night of the year. Wishing everyone a peaceful holiday season.
December 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
🦇Happy Winter Solstice! The shortest day and the longest night of the year. Wishing everyone a peaceful holiday season.
🦇Interesting work that is trying to understand the effects of solar energy developments on bats! www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Researchers make surprising discovery after taking closer look at solar farms: 'Pretty exciting'
"We have more evidence."
www.yahoo.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🦇Interesting work that is trying to understand the effects of solar energy developments on bats! www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Reposted by Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇
For the first time 2026, scientists in Alberta are testing a probiotic treatment developed from beneficial bacteria found on healthy western bats. This project brings together science, stewardship & community to give bats a fighting chance #countdownro2026 @albertabats.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
For the first time 2026, scientists in Alberta are testing a probiotic treatment developed from beneficial bacteria found on healthy western bats. This project brings together science, stewardship & community to give bats a fighting chance #countdownro2026 @albertabats.bsky.social