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Our members receive a hard copy of our unique magazine, BATS, three times a year. This exclusive publication features the latest research, news, and topics about bats and bat conservation worldwide. Top bat scientists describe their work for BCI members and followers in a lively, informative style that takes readers right into caves, forests, jungles and deserts to explore the always fascinating world of bats.

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10.06.20

Volume 39, Issue 3

• The Future Needs Us All
• Apply for a BCI Student Research Scholarship
• Evidence Champion
• Virtual Bat Week
• North American Society for Bat Research Turns 50
• Fish-eating Myotis
• Saving Malaysia’s Fruit Bats
• Fascinating facts about Malaysia’s fruit-eating bats
• Out of the Darkness
• Which Came First: Echolocation or Fruit Bats?
• Backyard “Bativists”
• Ears in the Field
• Gene Genius

07.30.20

Volume 39, Issue 2

• Bat Data Scientist
• Always Learning
• Fire Zone
• The Science Behind the Art
• Boosting Bats by Restoring Mexico’s Agaves
• Why Do a Few Degrees Matter?
• Unveiling Rainforest Mysteries
• Cryptic Myotis
• 20 Years of Pollination Celebration
• Remembering a Bat Conservation Hero
• White-nose Syndrome Confirmed in Texas Bat
• Virtual Bat Experiences
• Recover, restore, protect

03.01.20

Volume 39, Issue 1

• Lasting Impact
• Saving Bats
• Safe Haven
• Research Bonanza
• Jamaican Flower Bat
• The Pride of Tan Lap
• The Stinky Part of Bat Research
• From Guano Harvesting to Bat Warfare
• Fly Through the Caves
• Spring Cleaning
• List Keeper

10.25.19

Volume 38, Issue 3

• Bat Mask Activity
• Profound Change
• Restoration Preservation
• Thailand trip
• Celebrate Bats!
• Early detection aids protection efforts
• Northern long-eared bat
• Oh, the places youll go!
• The Depths of Research
• Spooks of Samhain
• Arena roosts
• Bats of the Bootheel
• Powerful Science

06.19.19

Volume 38, Issue 2

• The Power of the Nighttime Pollinator
• Southwest Spotlight
• Holistic Approach
• A Pressing Matter
• Americas Rarest Bat
• Endangered Species Day
• Open for the Season
• Take a Walk With Us
• Florida Bonneted Bat
• When You Drop in, Bats Drop Out

03.04.19

Volume 38, Issue 1

• Reflecting on Success
• Seeking Solutions
• Planting the Future
• Welcome Karen Kimbell
• The Journey to Law
• Mexican Free-tailed Bat
• Winds of Change
• Back from the Brink
• A New Place to Call Home
• Hawaii Fly-O
• Motivating Change
• Working to Save Americas Rarest Bat

10.10.18

Volume 37, Issue 3

• Of the Land
• A Watershed Achievement
• Rugged Research
• Off the Bat
• A Conservation Dialogue
• Stellaluna Celebrates 25 Years
• Snow Snooze
• Fijian Blossom Bat
• Whimsy on Wings

06.25.18

Volume 37, Issue 2

• Off the Beat
• A Historic Moment
• White-nose Syndrome Fungus Detected in Central Texas
• Early Migration
• Sky Puppies Galore
• Tri-colored Bat
• Chiropteran Tech
• The Cavern of Youth
• The Sweetest Fruits
• Better Yields and Quality
• Steward of the Land
• Bats Illustrated
• Interdependence

03.08.18

Volume 37, Issue 1

• How to Make the Best of Bat Photography
• Off the Bat
• Bat Signals
• The Future of Bat Conservation
• Making Connections
• Convening Confidence
• Spixs Disk-winged Bat
• Framing Flight
• Stars of the Evening
• Bat Chats: Molecular Ecology
• Bats in Flight on Public Lands
• New Standards
• Batkid and Robin Join the Bat Squad!
• Living the Good Life

10.13.17

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