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Help the Bats
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?
Have you wondered what bats sound like?
Bat Week: Eight kids from across North America are proving that you don’t need to be an adult to help our bats! A series of four, 15-minute webcasts (airing 1pm…
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…
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…
A New WNS Video, Workshop and Published Paper!
[Image taken from Parks Canada’s video “BATS AND WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME“] Parks Canada Agency just released their newest short video about WNS, cave-entry, and decontamination! You can view this…
