From the urgent (you’ve been touched or bitten) to the everyday (a bat in your house), fast guidance for every kind of encounter.
Bats roost in attics, awnings, barns, sometimes for decades. Here’s how to coexist safely, manage a colony, or report one on a property you’re buying or selling.
Bat biology, BC’s 15 species, real-world safety, white-nose syndrome, and the conservation science that shapes our work.
See all in About bats →Summer evening bat counts, acoustic surveillance, ambassador training, Bat-Friendly Community certification, bat boxes. The province-wide network runs on people.
See all in Help bats →Guides, downloads, and outreach materials tailored to who you are, a homeowner, a teacher, a kid, an industry partner.
See all in Resources →Reach a regional coordinator, get in touch with us, browse the latest, or meet the partners and funders behind the work.
Support our work DonateBats are cool, interesting, and unique! Make crafts, try our activities, and get to know the amazing bats of British Columbia.
A handmade Spotted Bat mask, crafted by a BC Bat Ambassador in the Okanagan (placeholder).
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Every one of them eats insects like mosquitoes and moths. We don’t have any vampire bats here, and no bats that eat fruit or nectar either. Just bug-munching, night-flying neighbours!
They’re not birds and they’re not bugs, bats are the only mammals that can really fly. Here are four batty facts to amaze your friends.
Bats fly like birds, but they don’t have feathers, they have fur. That makes them mammals, just like us.
When winter comes, bats hibernate, they sleep all season long until the warm weather and the bugs come back.
Bats find their way in the dark using echolocation. They yell in a pitch too high for us to hear, then listen for the echo, a bit like a submarine’s sonar.
Bats hang upside down and don’t pass out! To take off, they just let go, drop, and start flapping their wings.
Grab a grown-up, print these out, and get colouring, counting, and crafting. New printables are on the way, check back soon!
Meet BC’s bats one card at a time.
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Puzzles, facts, and games all about bats.
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Make your own little book about bats.
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Head outside and hunt for signs of bats.
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Colour while you learn how we count bats.
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Colour in a bat and label its parts.
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A fun colouring page from WildSafeBC.
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Hunt for hidden batty words.
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Cut, fold, and make your own bat puppet.
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Printable activities are coming soon. In the meantime, browse our document library or ask a grown-up to contact us.
Ask at your local library for these batty reads:
Everything linked to this page — free to open and share.
Bats are amazing neighbours, and they need our help. Explore the species that share your skies, or ask a grown-up to get in touch.
