What do bats in South Carolina do in the winter? The winter activities of southeastern bats are as diverse as the bats themselves. If you are in the habit of looking at the Lowcountry sky at dusk, you may have noticed fewer bats fluttering about when temp...

Throughout this monthly series, we’ve learned about Palmetto Bluff Conservancy Research + Education Coordinator Lydia Moore’s important work researching and studying the bats of the Bluff. We’ve dispelled myths, learned about their vital global ecological role...

The Palmetto Bluff Conservancy began studying bats in 2015 and has established Palmetto Bluff as a long-term bat research and monitoring site. We attempt to net bats year-round and divide our netting effort into seasonal netting “sessions,” with each session h...

Swaying in the Breeze: Studying Daytime Roosts of Seminole Bats I am Sam Holst, research fellow for the Palmetto Bluff Conservancy, a position graciously funded by the Friends of the Palmetto Bluff Conservancy. I am currently conducting a study on the summer r...

The Palmetto Bluff Conservancy began studying bats in 2015 and has established Palmetto Bluff as a long-term bat research and monitoring site. We attempt to net bats year-round and divide our netting effort into seasonal netting “sessions,” with each session h...

How do you study bats? There are two major methods for studying bats: catching them in nets or recording them with acoustic devices. Netting bats produces a small amount of extremely detailed information, while recording bats provides a large amount of compara...

The Palmetto Bluff Conservancy began studying bats in 2015 and has since established Palmetto Bluff as a long-term bat research and monitoring site. We attempt to net bats year-round and divide our netting effort into seasonal netting “sessions,” with each ses...

Last month, we discussed bats’ many beneficial traits and the assortment of important roles they play in the ecosystem. Now that I have (hopefully!) convinced you that bats are vital for our world, I have a bit of a depressing topic this month and will be cove...

Why should we care about bats? When people learn what I do, they often ask me, “Why bats?” To which I respond, “Why not bats?” Bats are incredible! There are more than 1,400 species worldwide and 1 out of every 4 mammalian species is a bat. They have a global ...

Written by Lydia Moore, Palmetto Bluff Conservancy Research + Education Coordinator The word “bat” often evokes horrific (and, in my opinion, over the top) images of Nosferatu and Dracula, sucking the lives out of innocent victims. We as a species have a tumul...

Bats are mysterious creatures of the night. Flying silently above our heads, they swoop and dive, snatching insects and eating them mid-air. Bats, misunderstood and unfairly feared, have an extraordinary ability to navigate through the dark. They silently scre...

It’s one o’clock on a balmy July day, and I’m thinking about how comfortable the temperature is. Just kidding. This is July in South Carolina after all. And heat is no stranger. For centuries, long before humans figured out how to breathe cool air into enclose...