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Sometimes Even Bats Need a Superhero
Will you be a bat superhero this fall? This fall, you can support Canada’s bats by going bat-kit crazy with one of the many bat kits we are offering. Each…
- Coasts & Oceans
- Connecting With Nature
- Education & Leadership
- Endangered Species & Biodiversity
- Forests & Fields
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What Did You Do This Summer? Well, Here’s Some of What We Did…
As the largest supporter-based conservation charity in Canada, we thought we’d report back to you on some of what we’ve accomplished during the 2018 summer conservation field work season. There…
- Connecting With Nature
- Education & Leadership
- Endangered Species & Biodiversity
- Forests & Fields
- Species
Both an End and a Beginning for Almonte’s Bats
We released our Big Brown Bats!! If you haven’t been following the story, these hibernators were evicted last December from a 50-plus year roost. It was also their winter hibernacula.…
46 Rescued Bats to Return Home
After a long winter, the 46 bats rescued this past December in Mississippi Mills, Ontario are going home. You may recall that in early December 2017, the Canadian Wildlife Federation…
The Bat Rangers
A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by an enthusiastic primary school teacher who informed me that she and her students were up to something very special this holiday…
Five Myths that are Hurting Canada’s Bats
Have you ever felt misunderstood? It’s such an awful feeling, isn’t it? Well you’re not the only one. Bats have had a bad rap for years. And all sorts of…
Watch: The impact of White-nose Syndrome
In 2014, Striking Balance filmed Don McAlpine (Research Curator at the New Brunswick Museum) and myself for a documentary that aired this past weekend on TVO. It shows the impact…
Stop the spread: New decontamination protocol for bat caves
The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative just released a new national decontamination protocol for spelunkers to try to limit spread of the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats. WNS…
Happy Bat Week!
I recently attended the North American Symposium for Bat Research and learned about all of the exciting research involving bats! The conference is always held close to Halloween and this…
A brief history of bats
Animals often feature prominently in human culture, with specific aspects of their biology emphasized over others. What traits do you think of first when you think of bats?
