Pikes Peak Market

08/02/2014

ISLAND DESTINATION: Cuba
ISLAND BAT: Cuban flower bat (Phyllonycteris poeyi)

This species faces limited habitat options due to the ecological specialization of its roosting needs, and it is threatened by the loss of natural vegetation and fragmentation of foraging resources. BCI is pleased to have great partners with the Program for Cuban Bat Conservation (PCM-Cu) working to conserve this and many other species on the island.

08/02/2014

Many bats rely on our gardens to provide them with food, shelter, and also water. In the summer heat it is especially important for bats to have access to this. If you don't already have a pond, try and create a watery space for your local bats. You never know, you might even be able to spot them cooling down with a refreshing drink! © Michael Durham

07/31/2014

Come visit us at the Fremont County Fair on August 1 in Canon City, CO! Besides Bat Houses we will have squirrel feeders and squirrel house and our NEW product - custom made aspen photo frames. See you at the fair!

07/30/2014

microbats - Aussie Organic Gardening http://www.batsrule.org.au/batsrule-helpsavewildlife/microbats-aussie-organic-gardening

07/30/2014

The oldest bat ever recorded was a Brandt's bat found in Siberia, which lived to be at least 41 years old! © Hugh Clark

07/28/2014

One government agency has come to its senses, agreeing to eliminate bee and butterfly-toxic neonicotinoids in the Pacific Region of the NW Wildlife Refuges.

07/28/2014

The spraying of insecticides kills bees, bats, fish, and numerous other animals, and of course is dangerous for humans as well. Why not use organic means of pest control as bats and birds?
Do you know that every night each bat eats more than a third of its weight in insect pests? If you have a colony of a couple hundred bats on your property you should expect a significant reduction in the number of insects in your local area.
Say NO to the spraying!

Residents in one Colorado community say the large number of bees dying off in the area has them concerned, and they are asking Colorado’s pesticide enforcement agency to look into the situation.

07/25/2014

Take advantage of our summer sale for Pikes Peak Market BCI Certified Triple Chamber Nursery Bat Houses.

07/24/2014

Swirling vortex of bats at Bat Conservation International's Bracken Bat Cave.

07/22/2014

Cluster of juvenile bats near mouth of Bracken Cave.

07/18/2014

AS cheerful congregations sing All Creatures Great And Small today there will be one member of the animal world unlikely to be praised on high.

07/12/2014

At TED2012, filmmaker Karen Bass shares some of the astonishing nature footage she's shot for the BBC and National Geographic -- including brand-new, previously unseen footage of the tube-lipped nectar bat, who feeds in a rather unusual way …