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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
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
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
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