The first major bat-education program in Ukraine used an array of colorful posters, leaflets and pocket calendars to challenge long-standing misperceptions of bats as “devilish, nocturnal” animals that threaten public health. With support from BCI’s Global Grassroots Conservation Fund, a team from Kharkov National University focused on urgent threats in and around Kharkov, the third-largest city in the nation.

The students and Professor Alexander V. Naglov also conducted educational programs for children at Young Naturalists...more

You can get a little more value out of that old car – or truck, van, motorcycle, boat or airplane – that’s cluttering up your yard. Donate it to Bat Conservation International and we’ll use the proceeds to help conserve bats and their habitats around the world.

BCI can accept cars and other vehicles from anywhere in the United States. The vehicle doesn’t have to be running, we’ll tow it...more

East Texans should be very proud of their bats, reports the Beaumont Enterprise. The colony of 100 or so bats at the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge is tiny compared to the 1.5 million Mexican free-tail bats that draw thousands of visitors to a bridge roost in downtown Austin, Texas, the newspaper conceded. But “these bats are special.” The Rafinesque’s big-eared bats at the refuge 50 miles east of Houston are, the Enterprise said, “the rock stars of bats.” ...more