Bat Species and White-nose Syndrome
A Big Brown Bat with a Meal Worm – [PHOTO CREDIT: KAREN VANDERWOLF/NB MUSEUM] Bats make up nearly a fourth of described mammal species, second only to the rodents…
Fall Field Season Finished and Bat Numbers are Down
[CWF PHOTO CREDIT: KAREN VANDERWOLF/NB MUSEUM] We’ve finished our fall field season and bat numbers are more depressing than ever. We saw just 39 bats in the 10 sites that…
The New Field Season Begins!
[PHOTO CREDIT: Donald McAlpine] – Allysia, myself, and Darlene working hard well into the evening! The entrance to the mine had many icicles hanging from the ceiling. Field work season…
Three Bat Species are Recommended to be Listed as Endangered
[PHOTO CREDIT: KAREN VANDERWOLF/NB MUSEUM] This blog is written by Allysia Park – the Canadian National White Nose Syndrome Coordinator: The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada…
We Were On Land and Sea!
[PHOTO CREDIT: DF MCALPINE -NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM] I previously wrote about spending a couple days with a CBC camera crew for an upcoming episode of Land and Sea on…
A Video on Bats and White Nose Snydrome
[PHOTO CREDIT: KAREN VANDERWOLF/NB MUESUM] The US Forest Service recently made a video on bats and white nose syndrome featuring several well known US scientists. Take a look!
Spooky and Endanger-ous!
Congratulations to Janice Radowits of Abbotsford, BC for receiving the most votes in the “By Popular Vote” monthly photo contest! “The sun hit the spider web just the right way…
A View Of The Great Lakes!
[PHOTO CREDIT] Check out this amazing image of the Great Lakes! It was taken by American astronaut Karen Nybeg from the International Space Station and shows Lake Erie, Lake Ontario,…
Have You Seen Any Of These Caterpillars?
[PHOTO CREDIT: BRENDA DEROCHE – CWF PHOTO CONTEST] They are called wooly bear caterpillars and this fall my family and I are seeing a lot of them – mostly on…
Did You Know…..
[PHOTO CREDIT: ISABELLE MAROZZO – CWF PHOTO CONTEST] Did you know that blue jays are not really blue? Their blue colouration does not come from pigments but rather by the…
