The rural countryside around Geneseo, Illinois, seems to be developing into a delightful place for bats. The Moline Dispatch of Illinois recently reported that a bat-information community meeting brought nothing but high praise for the flying mammals, and a local group is building and distributing bat houses for just $10 apiece ...more

Take a few hundred youngsters, stir in some unsuspected facts and, for spice, toss in a colorful video in their own language, then add some paper and colored pencils. Top it off with a few prizes, and you’ve got a hard-to-beat recipe for bat conservation.

Two conservation groups in Madagascar found that teacher training in “Bats and the Environment,” coupled with visits to remote schools and a popular bat-poster contest, magnified their message well beyond children...more

A few spaces are still open for this summer’s BCI Bat Conservation and Management Workshops. These hands-on field workshops offer a unique experience to learn about bat and bat conservation not only through lectures from experts, but actually by actually mist-netting and examining bats of varied species ...more