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Bats are not scary!
[PHOTO CREDIT: US Fish and Wildlife Service, Public Domain] Check out these short animations about bats! They promote the idea that bats are not scary. Bats may not be scary…
Quiz: How many turtles can you name?
Freshwater turtles are one of the most endangered groups of animals in Canada. Seven of the eight species found in Canada are listed as species at risk. Road mortality, habitat…
What’s happening to the American Eel?
Last week, the Canadian Wildlife Federation helped lead an effort to transport 400 juvenile American Eels from the St. Lawrence River and release them in the Ottawa River near Hawkesbury.
Silver-haired Bats May Be Carriers of WNS Causing Fungus
[PHOTO: Pseudogymnoascus destructans isolates] A single silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) submitted to the Washington Department of Health for rabies testing and subsequently transferred to the National Wildlife Health Center…
Fungi and Bats – An Array of Colours
[COURTESY OF: WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME INTERAGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH WORKING GROUP] Check out the new WNS poster that was recently released! It’s a great way to educate others about this important…
A New WNS Video, Workshop and Published Paper!
[Image taken from Parks Canada’s video “BATS AND WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME“] Parks Canada Agency just released their newest short video about WNS, cave-entry, and decontamination! You can view this…
Spiders, Harvestmen and Flies Carry Viable Spores of WNS Causing Fungus
A new brochure about white-nose syndrome has been produced. You can check it out here! I recently did an interview with Global News about the discovery of a white-nose infected…
A WNS Infected Little Brown Bat in Washington
[PHOTO CREDIT: Karen Vanderwolf] There has been a major development regarding white-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats: a WNS-infected Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) was found in North Bend, Washington, just…
