BC Bats

• Summer a busy time for growing bats across B.C.

  If you find a live bat inside your home, open the main doors and close interior doors until the bat leaves.

  Canada

  Aug 7, 2024
  
• That tune coming from an old mine in B.C.? It’s probably a bat, singing a love song

  Authors of a study say that while bats are well known for using sound to echolocate prey and navigate around objects, silver-haired bats also sing.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2024
  
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• Annual bat count in B.C. crucial for bat survival

  A bat species is at risk of endangerment in the Okanagan due to a fungal bat disease called white-nose syndrome. This is the first year the fungus has been detected in B.C.

  Environment

  May 27, 2023
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• Invasive, spiny plant can be fatal to B.C.’s bats, says non-profit group

  The Invasive Species Council of B.C. says the burdock plant, with its spiny, rounded flower heads, can inadvertently snag bats, which then can't free themselves.

  Environment

  Oct 29, 2022
• Okanagan residents cautioned to not touch bats

  The Okanagan Got Bats? BC Community Bat Program has a clear message: if you see a bat, keep your distance.

  Lifestyle

  Aug 9, 2022
• Okanagan Heritage Museum and Okanagan Military Museum open doors

  "A lot of things that were hands-on have been adjusted to be something that you can do through your phone."

  Jul 6, 2020
• Bat conservation society in B.C. receives funding boost

  Got Bats? program says funding will help research a fatal bat disease known as white-nose syndrome.

  Canada

  Aug 21, 2019
• Increased bat activity normal for this time of year, says biologist

  Early summer is the usual time that Okanagan residents start seeing an increase in bat activity, according to a provincial bat program.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2018
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• Okanagan biologists listening in on bats

  Biologists are urgently trying to conserve the nocturnal creatures before a deadly disease spreads to this province.

  Aug 4, 2016