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Experience the World of Bats,
Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before

Bats have been on Earth for more than 50 million years. With more than 1,400 species, they are the second largest order of mammals, and are widely dispersed across six continents.

Experience these incredible mammals as you watch them fly through the night sky, search for food, and of course, hang-out in their natural habitats.

Bracken Cave Interior (Live)

Watch 15 million bats as they fly around and out of Bracken Cave, Texas- home to the largest colony of bats on Earth.

Videos

Bracken Cave Entrance (Live)

Watch 15 million bats swirl out of Bracken Cave (the largest bat colony on Earth) during sunset.

Bracken Cave Preserve

Bracken Cave is the summer home of more than 20 million Mexican Free-tailed Bats, making it the world’s largest bat colony and one of the largest concentrations of mammals on earth. The emergence of these millions of bats is truly an unforgettable sight.

360 Experience of Batnado at Bracken Cave

Watch Bracken Cave’s spectacular, not-to-be-missed batnado, when 20 million Mexican Free-tailed Bats rise from the cave for their nightly meal and swirl upwards into the sky, like a tornado.

Austin’s Nocturnal Neighbors: The Bats of Congress Avenue Bridge

Every summer night, hundreds of people gather to see the world’s largest urban bat colony emerge from under the Congress Avenue Bridge in downtown Austin, Texas. These 1.5 million bats are fun to watch, but they’re also making our world a better place to live.

Bracken Cave’s BATNADO! From All Angles

Tornado? No, it’s Batnado! Witness millions of Mexican free-tailed bats rise from Bracken Cave, rotating and swirling into the sky like a tornado. Astonishing camera work puts you inside the cave and inflight within the Batnado!

Jaw-dropping Bracken Cave for Kids of All Ages

Through the eyes of kids (and their big-kid adults), watch from the benches surrounding the mouth of Bracken Cave, as the world’s largest colony fly into the summer night sky.

Millions – Yes, Millions – of Bats! Devouring 147 Tons of Insects Each Night!

Get the deets on Bracken Cave Preserve – home to the world’s largest colony of bats – in this powerful film. Check out the size of the cave, flight patterns, and the amazing amount of insects the bats eat nightly. Alert: snakes and hawks, in turn, spring into action to make bats their meal.

Bats and Agaves: An Interconnected Relationship of Birth, Life, and Death

Pregnant migratory bats need the sweet nectar from agaves to make their annual journey north from central Mexico to the U.S. Southwest to give birth to a single pup. Agaves depend on migratory bats to pick up pollen as they feed to ultimately propagate new plants.  Learn more about this interconnected relationship and what’s being done to save bats and agaves.

Saving Bats by Planting Agaves

Bat conservationist Kristen Lear is on a mission to save migrating bats. Her work engages people throughout the U.S. Southwest and Mexico in planting agaves across arid landscapes.

Bacanora, the “Little Bat,” and Blooming Agaves

From his ranch in the Sonoran Desert of northwestern Mexico, Osvaldo Coronado talks of how agave plants have sustained his family for generations. 

The Pollination Night Shift

As the sun sets, birds take a break from their daytime pollination role and bats take over, continuing the process into the night.

Bats are Fascinating

Bats get a bad rap, and are surrounded by unfair biases. But dig a little deeper and you’ll find bats fascinating. Did you know that when Mexican long-nosed bats give birth, their bat pup is one-third their size?

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