Volume 36
Issue 3
- Pest Control
- Bat Chat: A Deeper Dive
- Behind the Lens
- A Mission to Save
- Bat Squad: Let Bats Flap!
- Whats in a Name?
- Bat Squad: Activities
- Tis the bat season
- Bat Girl Competes on the International Stage
- Going Bat Loco
- Experience a Virtual Batnado
- Bat Week 2017
- Welcome Kevin Pierson, BCIs New Chief Conservation Officer
- Species Spotlight: Townsends Big-Eared Bat
- Life Underground
We all know that a visit to Bracken Cave can be a life-changing experience, but did you know that you can now experience the famous batnado of Bracken Cave without ever leaving your home?
This past July, USA Today paid a visit to Bracken Cave to film an episode of VRtually There, a virtual reality series that places viewers right in the middle of some of the most spectacular places and events worldwide. In the episode Night Flight, Fran Hutchins, BCIs Director of Bracken Cave Preserve, guides viewers through an emergence of millions of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) from Bracken Cave. Using a VR headset like Google Cardboard or Oculus Rift, viewers can experience what it is like to stand in the middle of swirling vortex of bats a truly magical experience.