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How Bats Contribute to Science
[PHOTO CREDIT: TOM LUSK] Today I am exploring some of the ways bats have contributed to science. Bats have inspired several scientific advancements for humans, such as navigational aids for…
Love Your Lake Training Begins!
Last week-end we were involved in Love Your Lake training along with our program partner, Watersheds Canada. We were in the beautiful Algonquin Highlands with some students from Trent University.…
Winter Bat Surveys Are Finished And The Results Aren’t Good
[We had to clamber over ice formations to get into this cave. Photo Credit: KJ Vanderwolf] We have finished our bat surveys for the winter and only found 12…
Winter Bat Surveys Are Almost Finished
We were recently in the news! We have almost finished our winter bat surveys and found only 12 bats so far. Some of these were visibly infected with white-nose syndrome,…
Happy Earth Day!
Photo by: Andre Denis This Earth Day, why not pledge to make a difference to one of the endangered critters that visits your backyard. The monarch butterfly boasts a…
A White-Nose Syndrome Documentary
The documentary about our white-nose syndrome project that I described in a January 28, 2014 blog post can now be viewed here! The documentary was profiling projects that have been supported…
Winter Bat Counts Begin
[Jordi Segers searching in vain for hibernating bats. PHOTO CREDIT: KJ Vanderwolf] We have started our winter bat counts in New Brunswick caves and mines and we were joined for…
It’s Bat Appreciation Day!
Here to celebrate is guest blogger, Jordi Segers, National White Nose Syndrome Coordinator at the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative. You might think to yourself: “why is there such a thing…
A Bat Talk & More!
This past Sunday I gave a bat talk to a group in Shediac, New Brunswick. Everyone was excited to learn new things and to pick up a bat box! If…
The Rollercoaster that is Sailing Across the Southern Ocean
A sailing race across the southern ocean – what a rollercoaster! CWF’s Damian Foxall describes conditions on the boat half way through leg five of the 2015 Volvo Ocean Race.…
