naturesnestwildliferehab on
October 29, 2025
🦇 Happy Bat Week! This little guy was rescued after getting caught in a sticky trap — it took nearly two hours to carefully free him. He recovered with us for a few days and was safely released back t...
ctfishandwildlife on
October 29, 2025
Word of the day: Spectrogram. 🔊🦇
For a bat biologist, a spectrogram is a visual representation of the ultrasonic sounds bats make when navigating in the dark and searching for food. Each species has ...
shears.rick on
October 29, 2025
Let's turn those myths into facts.
#BatWeek #BatWeek2025 #BatAppreciationMonth
merseytobeatic on
October 29, 2025
Dose quotidienne de la semaine des chauves-souris (batweek) ! Saviez-vous que les avant-bras des chauves-souris ont la même structure que ceux des humains? Les ailes des chauves-souris sont structurée...
midnight_nelly on
October 29, 2025
Fun Fact Wednesday! In honor of bat week here are 5 Fun Bat Facts! 1) Bats are the only flying mammals 2) Like cats, bats clean themselves 3) Baby bats are called pups 4) Bats have few natural predato...
icb_journal on
October 29, 2025
ICB’s spotlight on
Alexa Sadier co author on
Bat #Dentitions: A Model System for Studies at the Interface of Development, #Biomechanics, and #Evolution
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac042
for #BatWee...
merseytobeatic on
October 29, 2025
Daily dose of batweek ! 🦇 Did you know that bats and humans have similar arm structures? One notable difference is how bats have really long fingers! 🖐 These finger bones give structure to their wings...
October 29, 2025
Have you ever thought about what it would be like to nap like a bat? They have upside down napping to a science. Their knees are backwards which allows them to rest and hang with 0 energy for that ult...
boonecoconservationdistrict on
October 29, 2025
Bats get a spooky rep around Halloween, but here’s the truth: they don’t want to tangle in your hair, they won’t turn into vampires, and they’re actually shy creatures that would rather avoid people. ...