Bats
Lubee Bat Conservancy - Lubee Bat Conservancy is an international non-profit organization working with others to save fruit bats and their habitats through research, conservation, and education. Lubee runs a research and conservation breeding center, located 10 miles north of Gainesville Florida. The Bat Center is composed of research and conservation scientists, animal keepers and supporting personnel. (Y, M, O, T)
Yellowstone Lake State Park - What makes Yellowstone Lake unique is the lack of mosquitoes and a glossy-eyed mammal with wings. The 968-acre park is the summer home to more than 4,000 little brown bats. The bats roost in 31 bat houses throughout the park. The houses serve as nurseries, where the bats raise their pups. The project is the work of Kent Borcherding, a park volunteer from Hazel Green, who has maintained the houses and been working with the bats since 1995. Borcherding also gives interpretative presentations on the bats. Each evening campers gather around the bat houses to watch the bats flit about the sky on their hunting expeditions. Since each bat can catch up to 600 mosquitoes an hour, they have nearly eliminated the mosquito population. This benefit is greatly appreciated by campers! The bats have quickly become a highlight to the park’s interpretive program. In 2000 Merlin Tuttle, founder of Bat Conservation International in Austin, Texas, brought a film crew to Yellowstone Lake to film the little brown bat. BCI used the documentary for promotion and to inform the public that bats aren’t the hazard most people believe they are. In fact, even with the high concentration of bats in the park, there has never been a human/bat conflict. --Nicole Perrault, park naturalist (Y, M, O, T)
Stellaluna - This unit is about fruit bats. (Y)
Colossal Cave Mountain Park - Explore the different sections of this site to experience the area's history, meet some of our abundant wildlife, learn about our educational resources and facilities and check out the FAQs section to answer some of the most commonly asked questions. If you're feeling a little batty, take a look at our Bats and More Bats page. (Y, M, O, T)
Cave Biota - This website is described as "an evolving 'webumentary'." It is a collection of video clips created by nature/environmental filmmakers that relate to the variety of life forms found in caves. There are three categories: bats, frogs and fish. The site features Hoosier National Forest online documentary. Free bat video clips. Free online adventure documentary. Outdoor streaming videos.Digital video animal downloads. Watch National Forest online video clips. (Y, M, O, T)
Bats, Creatures of the Night - (2nd Grade) (Y)