host a screening

Host a screening in your community. Invite friends over for a potluck, or host a screening at your school, library, or community organization.

If you are part of an organization, ask them to become a Bat Week Partner. Bat Week is Oct 24-31 every year - the week of Halloween.

Great days to host a screening:

• Celebrate Bat Week (October 24-31) 

• International Day of Women and Girls in Science (Feb 11) 

• World Wildlife Day (Mar 3)

• International Bat Appreciation Day (April 17)

• Earth Day (April 22)

• Endangered Species Day (May 15)

• International Day of Biological Diversity (May 22)

• World Goth Day (May 22)

• National Pollinator Week (June 16-22)

• International Bat Night (August 30)

support bat conservation

Become a member of Bat Conservation International.

write a review

If you loved the film, write a review on Letterboxed and/or IMDB.

Plant a bat-friendly garden

Learn how to create a bat garden.

Go on a sunset bat-viewing

Find a bat viewing site in your area.

education

Teach your students about bats using The Invisible Mammal curriculum guide.

Support ADVOCACY

Federal:

Demand Congress protects funding for endangered species

• H.R. 4754 would remove funding for the northern long-eared bat (as well as other endangered animals).  Contact Your Congressperson and tell them that H.R. 4754 slashes funding making it the House Extinction Bill slashing necessary funding that protects endangered species and helps them recover.

• Learn about the Restore America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA) Contact Your Congressperson and demand that they sign on and protect our wildlife. We’ll update this page when the RAWA Bill is reintroduced. 

State:

• California activists made the pallid bat the official state bat in 2024.

Local:

• Work with local organizations that work with bats and ask them how you can help. Let people know if they find injured bats, they can reach out to local bat rehabilitators.

International:

• Celebrate Year of the Bat in 2027.

books about bats

• Bats of the World by Dr. Winifred Frick and Dr. M. Teague O’Mara

• The Weird and Wonderful World of Bats: Demystifying These Often-Misunderstood Creatures by Dr. Alyson Brokaw

• Bats - An Illustrated Guide to All Species by Merlin Tuttle

• Bat Rhapsody by Sonya Montenegro

For Kids:

• Stellaluna by Janelle Cannon and Stellaluna YouTube Read Aloud for kids

• The Magic School Bus Going Batty: A Book About Bats by Judy Katschke

• Bats at the Beach, Bats at the Library, Bats at the Ballgame by Brian Lies

• Bats: Learning to Fly by Falynn Koch

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