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Saving bats since 1982. Learn more at batcon.org.
Your daily reminder that it's OK to scream sometimes.
🦇 : greater bulldog bat
📸 : Christian Ziegler/ Minden Pictures
🦇 : greater bulldog bat
📸 : Christian Ziegler/ Minden Pictures
January 8, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Your daily reminder that it's OK to scream sometimes.
🦇 : greater bulldog bat
📸 : Christian Ziegler/ Minden Pictures
🦇 : greater bulldog bat
📸 : Christian Ziegler/ Minden Pictures
Bats break the rules sometimes 🤫🤐
The nocturnal rules, that is.
While most bats are nocturnal, at least a few species have been known to go about their business during the day. Our blog post explores these few rebellious species. https://news.batcon.org/48OMDwo
📸 Thomas Marent/ Minden Pictures
The nocturnal rules, that is.
While most bats are nocturnal, at least a few species have been known to go about their business during the day. Our blog post explores these few rebellious species. https://news.batcon.org/48OMDwo
📸 Thomas Marent/ Minden Pictures
January 6, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Bats break the rules sometimes 🤫🤐
The nocturnal rules, that is.
While most bats are nocturnal, at least a few species have been known to go about their business during the day. Our blog post explores these few rebellious species. https://news.batcon.org/48OMDwo
📸 Thomas Marent/ Minden Pictures
The nocturnal rules, that is.
While most bats are nocturnal, at least a few species have been known to go about their business during the day. Our blog post explores these few rebellious species. https://news.batcon.org/48OMDwo
📸 Thomas Marent/ Minden Pictures
Patience. Maintenance. Guano ✨
3 things to think about before getting a bat house.
Visit our website for more resources on bat houses: https://www.batcon.org/about-bats/bat-house-guidelines/
🦇 Florida bonneted bat
📸 MGambaRios
3 things to think about before getting a bat house.
Visit our website for more resources on bat houses: https://www.batcon.org/about-bats/bat-house-guidelines/
🦇 Florida bonneted bat
📸 MGambaRios
January 2, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Patience. Maintenance. Guano ✨
3 things to think about before getting a bat house.
Visit our website for more resources on bat houses: https://www.batcon.org/about-bats/bat-house-guidelines/
🦇 Florida bonneted bat
📸 MGambaRios
3 things to think about before getting a bat house.
Visit our website for more resources on bat houses: https://www.batcon.org/about-bats/bat-house-guidelines/
🦇 Florida bonneted bat
📸 MGambaRios
We asked the omniscient oracle if he had any predictions for the New Year and he said 2026 is going to be your year 🖤
🦇 Angolan soft-furred fruit bat
📸 Natalie Webber
🦇 Angolan soft-furred fruit bat
📸 Natalie Webber
January 1, 2026 at 6:03 PM
We asked the omniscient oracle if he had any predictions for the New Year and he said 2026 is going to be your year 🖤
🦇 Angolan soft-furred fruit bat
📸 Natalie Webber
🦇 Angolan soft-furred fruit bat
📸 Natalie Webber
2026 energy
✌🏽 🕶️ ✌🏽
📸: Jeroen van der Kooij
✌🏽 🕶️ ✌🏽
📸: Jeroen van der Kooij
December 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
2026 energy
✌🏽 🕶️ ✌🏽
📸: Jeroen van der Kooij
✌🏽 🕶️ ✌🏽
📸: Jeroen van der Kooij
Bats vary immensely between species; diet, habitat, roosting, mating, and beyond. However, they all share one key characteristic: nocturnality 🌚
Our latest blog post explores the most common hypotheses about why bats may prefer the night life 🪩 https://news.batcon.org/4akJWnp
📸 Yushi & Keiko Osawa
Our latest blog post explores the most common hypotheses about why bats may prefer the night life 🪩 https://news.batcon.org/4akJWnp
📸 Yushi & Keiko Osawa
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Bats vary immensely between species; diet, habitat, roosting, mating, and beyond. However, they all share one key characteristic: nocturnality 🌚
Our latest blog post explores the most common hypotheses about why bats may prefer the night life 🪩 https://news.batcon.org/4akJWnp
📸 Yushi & Keiko Osawa
Our latest blog post explores the most common hypotheses about why bats may prefer the night life 🪩 https://news.batcon.org/4akJWnp
📸 Yushi & Keiko Osawa
Season's Greetings and Happy Holidays from your friends at BCI. 💫 Thank you for being a part of our community this year. 🦇❤️
December 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Season's Greetings and Happy Holidays from your friends at BCI. 💫 Thank you for being a part of our community this year. 🦇❤️
Move over Elf on a Shelf.
Get ready for Hoar-y in a Tree 🦇🌲
Michael Durham, Minden Pictures
Get ready for Hoar-y in a Tree 🦇🌲
Michael Durham, Minden Pictures
December 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Move over Elf on a Shelf.
Get ready for Hoar-y in a Tree 🦇🌲
Michael Durham, Minden Pictures
Get ready for Hoar-y in a Tree 🦇🌲
Michael Durham, Minden Pictures
We are 65% of the way to our goal to Save Brandon Hill Cave, the only known maternity roost for the Sword-nosed bat in Utila. We're making great progress but we need your help!
You can protect their home. https://news.batcon.org/3Mzo91d 🦇
You can protect their home. https://news.batcon.org/3Mzo91d 🦇
December 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We are 65% of the way to our goal to Save Brandon Hill Cave, the only known maternity roost for the Sword-nosed bat in Utila. We're making great progress but we need your help!
You can protect their home. https://news.batcon.org/3Mzo91d 🦇
You can protect their home. https://news.batcon.org/3Mzo91d 🦇
Someone ask for a snowball? ❄️🥶
These little floofs (𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴) hibernate in the snow!
Snow provides good insulation and protection from predators -- which is important when you weigh just 4-8 grams. 😮
🦇 Ussuri tube-nosed bat
📸 Yushi & Keiko Osawa
These little floofs (𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴) hibernate in the snow!
Snow provides good insulation and protection from predators -- which is important when you weigh just 4-8 grams. 😮
🦇 Ussuri tube-nosed bat
📸 Yushi & Keiko Osawa
December 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Someone ask for a snowball? ❄️🥶
These little floofs (𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴) hibernate in the snow!
Snow provides good insulation and protection from predators -- which is important when you weigh just 4-8 grams. 😮
🦇 Ussuri tube-nosed bat
📸 Yushi & Keiko Osawa
These little floofs (𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴) hibernate in the snow!
Snow provides good insulation and protection from predators -- which is important when you weigh just 4-8 grams. 😮
🦇 Ussuri tube-nosed bat
📸 Yushi & Keiko Osawa
DYK fringe-lipped bats can consume close to their body weight in a single meal? These carnivores are cool as heck. Learn more about them in our latest blog post: https://www.batcon.org/hunting-on-the-fringe/
📸 Christian Ziegler, Minden Pictures
📸 Christian Ziegler, Minden Pictures
December 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
DYK fringe-lipped bats can consume close to their body weight in a single meal? These carnivores are cool as heck. Learn more about them in our latest blog post: https://www.batcon.org/hunting-on-the-fringe/
📸 Christian Ziegler, Minden Pictures
📸 Christian Ziegler, Minden Pictures
Say CHEESE 😁😬
🦇 Greater horseshoe bat
📸 Yushi & Keiko Osawa
🦇 Greater horseshoe bat
📸 Yushi & Keiko Osawa
December 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Say CHEESE 😁😬
🦇 Greater horseshoe bat
📸 Yushi & Keiko Osawa
🦇 Greater horseshoe bat
📸 Yushi & Keiko Osawa
4 bats that are ✨ serving ✨ to bless your timeline ♡
December 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
4 bats that are ✨ serving ✨ to bless your timeline ♡
Tune in tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 12 for a webinar about bat maternity roosts, ecology, and why one cave on an island in the Caribbean needs saving. https://news.batcon.org/49Yg7sE
December 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Tune in tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 12 for a webinar about bat maternity roosts, ecology, and why one cave on an island in the Caribbean needs saving. https://news.batcon.org/49Yg7sE
Brandon Hill Cave is the only known maternity roost for the sword-nosed bat.
https://news.batcon.org/3KkZBIU
https://news.batcon.org/3KkZBIU
Save Brandon Hill Cave
Save an bat home from development.
news.batcon.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Brandon Hill Cave is the only known maternity roost for the sword-nosed bat.
https://news.batcon.org/3KkZBIU
https://news.batcon.org/3KkZBIU
Tiny pup
Big stretch
💓
📸 Yushi & Keiko Osawa
Big stretch
💓
📸 Yushi & Keiko Osawa
December 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Tiny pup
Big stretch
💓
📸 Yushi & Keiko Osawa
Big stretch
💓
📸 Yushi & Keiko Osawa
Repeat after me: we listen and we don't judge 🥲
December 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Repeat after me: we listen and we don't judge 🥲
Tag your hibernation buddy 🖤🤗
December 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Tag your hibernation buddy 🖤🤗
2025 Spoti-fly Wrapped has officially dropped and the results are in:
that's a lotta bugs
that's a lotta bugs
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
2025 Spoti-fly Wrapped has officially dropped and the results are in:
that's a lotta bugs
that's a lotta bugs
If you love saving bat pups, you won't want to miss this webinar! 🦇 https://www.simpletix.com/e/why-one-small-cave-matters-webinar-tickets-248755
December 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If you love saving bat pups, you won't want to miss this webinar! 🦇 https://www.simpletix.com/e/why-one-small-cave-matters-webinar-tickets-248755
We're so excited to have our Pollinating Bats and Agave Restoration work highlighted by SciFri! Take a few minutes to listen. 🎧🦇
Conservationist Kristen Lear discusses efforts to restore agave plants in the American Southwest and Mexico, and what restoration means for both pollinating bats and your tequila. Plus, scientists can now track individual butterflies during monarchs’ epic migrations. 🦇 🦋
A Toast To Bats That Pollinate Agave, And Tracking Monarchs
How bats, agave plants, and tequila are connected. Plus, tiny trackers on monarch butterflies reveal their migration journeys.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We're so excited to have our Pollinating Bats and Agave Restoration work highlighted by SciFri! Take a few minutes to listen. 🎧🦇
This is 𝘔𝘺𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘴. He's not sure whether he has two first names or two last names, but he's chill either way ✌️
🦇 Greater mouse-eared bat
📸 Dietmar Nill/ Foto Natura/ Minden Pictures
🦇 Greater mouse-eared bat
📸 Dietmar Nill/ Foto Natura/ Minden Pictures
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This is 𝘔𝘺𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘴. He's not sure whether he has two first names or two last names, but he's chill either way ✌️
🦇 Greater mouse-eared bat
📸 Dietmar Nill/ Foto Natura/ Minden Pictures
🦇 Greater mouse-eared bat
📸 Dietmar Nill/ Foto Natura/ Minden Pictures
Let's save this cave with mama 🖤
See how we’re ensuring bat pups can keep roosting with mama by purchasing Brandon Hill Cave, the only known maternity roost for the sword-nosed bat in Honduras. https://www.batcon.org/our-work/endangered-species-interventions/bhc/
See how we’re ensuring bat pups can keep roosting with mama by purchasing Brandon Hill Cave, the only known maternity roost for the sword-nosed bat in Honduras. https://www.batcon.org/our-work/endangered-species-interventions/bhc/
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Let's save this cave with mama 🖤
See how we’re ensuring bat pups can keep roosting with mama by purchasing Brandon Hill Cave, the only known maternity roost for the sword-nosed bat in Honduras. https://www.batcon.org/our-work/endangered-species-interventions/bhc/
See how we’re ensuring bat pups can keep roosting with mama by purchasing Brandon Hill Cave, the only known maternity roost for the sword-nosed bat in Honduras. https://www.batcon.org/our-work/endangered-species-interventions/bhc/
🦇 Bat Friday Sale!
Today only: save 20% on orders over $60 on our web store.
Visit https://shop.batcon.org/discount/BATSFRIDAY20, or use code 'BATSFRIDAY20' at checkout.
📸 Josh Hydeman
Today only: save 20% on orders over $60 on our web store.
Visit https://shop.batcon.org/discount/BATSFRIDAY20, or use code 'BATSFRIDAY20' at checkout.
📸 Josh Hydeman
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🦇 Bat Friday Sale!
Today only: save 20% on orders over $60 on our web store.
Visit https://shop.batcon.org/discount/BATSFRIDAY20, or use code 'BATSFRIDAY20' at checkout.
📸 Josh Hydeman
Today only: save 20% on orders over $60 on our web store.
Visit https://shop.batcon.org/discount/BATSFRIDAY20, or use code 'BATSFRIDAY20' at checkout.
📸 Josh Hydeman
Me 🤝 mashed potatoes
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Me 🤝 mashed potatoes