The Quest to Find Canada’s Great Whales: Welcome to the search!
Thank you for tuning in! We are very excited that you can share our journey to find Canada’s Great Whales. Our names are Kim and Sean and we are researchers…
Bat Week is coming and an update on Big Brown Bats and WNS
Bat Week is coming up! During Bat Week, October 25-31, CWF invites you along with our initiative partners to host an invasive plant pull to help improve habitat and food…
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…
Nature: You complete me
Join CWF in an international #NatureForAll movement. This is an opportunity to help inspire a new generation of thinkers and doers across all sectors of society to connect with nature…
WILD About Sports Update
The CWF team has grown with 22 fantastic summer interns. These young people are helping CWF promote conservation across Canada. Here’s an update from our WILD About Sports interns, Mikaela…
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…