Bats are one of nature’s most misunderstood creatures. That’s why we’ve made bat education one of our core tenets.

We don’t just talk about bats, we let them speak for themselves. We offer both public and private programs featuring the unique experience of seeing a live bat up close, featuring our non-releasable education bats and the help of our trained professional rehabilitators.

Visit us at the Congress Avenue Bridge on Saturday evenings March-October, or click below to find information about booking and future events.

Photo: Teresa Nichta

Austin is famously home to almost a million people– and millions of bats. Texas is rapidly growing, leading to more development, more habitat loss for bats, and more human-bat interaction.

We’re here to advocate for bat-friendly building practices, ethical bat relocation practices, and common-sense environmental legislature.

Photo: Amanda Stronza, ABR Volunteer

We provide a unique donation-based service for citizens all over Texas who have found a bat in distress. Bats require specialized care, and many wildlife rescues can’t accept them for intake.

That’s were we come in. When we receive a call about a bat, we give personalized advice about what to do next. We offer transport to the refuge for orphaned and injured bats, where our seasoned bat rehabilitators and trained volunteers work around the clock to care for them until their release.

Learn more about what to do if you found a bat and the process of bat rehabilitation.

Photo: Amanda Stronza, ABR Volunteer