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Did You Know That Not All Bats Are Dark In Colour?
Halloween is just around the corner! Black bats are a popular decoration but did you know that not all bats are dark colored? Bats have a variety of different colors…
Your Question Answered!
[The white dots on the wings and ears are growing colonies of Pseudogymnoascus destructans – PHOTO CREDIT: KAREN VANDERWOLF] Do scientists and wildlife specialists know the origins and main causes…
An Overview on White-nose Syndrome
[PHOTO CREDIT: KAREN VANDERWOLF/NB MUSEUM] I was recently asked to do a guest blog for the Nature Conservancy of Canada that I thought you might like to check out! It…
Results From This Past Winter’s WNS Surveillance Season Are Coming In
[PHOTO CREDIT: 2014 CANADIAN COOPERATIVE WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTRE] Results from this past winter’s surveillance season for white-nose syndrome on bats continue to flow in. WNS has continued to spread west,…
Will Three Bat Species Get The Protection They Need?
[PHOTO CREDIT: KAREN VANDERWOLF/NB MUSEUM] A publication has just been released looking for comments on adding three bat species – the little brown myotis, northern myotis and the tri-colored bat…
An Interview on Bats and Bat Houses
On June 12, 2014 I did an interview for Compass on bats and bat houses. You can check it out by clicking this link and forwarding to the 21:12 mark!
We’re In The News – But It’s Not A Good News Story
There’s been a lot of media attention lately regarding declining bat populations. Check out these links below: Click here to view the Global News coverage Check out the Weather Network…
The Winter Count of Hibernating Bats is Over
[PHOTO CREDIT: KAREN VANDERWOLF/NB MUSEUM – DF McAlpine in the steep snow tunnel with our trusty cable ladder] We have finished our winter count of hibernating bats in New Brunswick…
We recently visited the caves again to check for hibernating bats
[PHOTO CREDIT: DF MCALPINE/NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM] We were recently out to the caves again to check for hibernating bats. Unfortunately we didn’t see any bats at the 3 caves…
Science Night!
A few weeks ago Donald McAlpine, a curator at the New Brunswick Museum, and myself visited Princess Elizabeth School to participate in their Science Night program. The program was well…
