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White Nose Syndrome

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Are Bats Starting to Fight White-nose Syndrome?

  • October 6, 2021
  • by April Overall
Good News for the Little Brown Bat White-nose Syndrome (WNS) first appeared in North America in 2006. This fungus was accidentally brought to North America by people who were exploring…
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Striking Balance
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  • Endangered Species & Biodiversity

Watch: The impact of White-nose Syndrome

  • November 23, 2016
  • by Karen Vanderwolf
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…
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White Nose Syndrome
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  • Endangered Species & Biodiversity

Stop the spread: New decontamination protocol for bat caves

  • November 21, 2016
  • by Karen Vanderwolf
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…
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Bat Week is coming and an update on Big Brown Bats and WNS

  • September 21, 2016
  • by Karen Vanderwolf
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…
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  • Endangered Species & Biodiversity

Silver-haired Bats May Be Carriers of WNS Causing Fungus

  • July 19, 2016
  • by Karen Vanderwolf
  [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…
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  • Endangered Species & Biodiversity

Fungi and Bats – An Array of Colours

  • July 11, 2016
  • by Karen Vanderwolf
[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…
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A New WNS Video, Workshop and Published Paper!

  • June 20, 2016
  • by Karen Vanderwolf
    [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…
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  • Endangered Species & Biodiversity

Spiders, Harvestmen and Flies Carry Viable Spores of WNS Causing Fungus

  • May 5, 2016
  • by Karen Vanderwolf
A new brochure about white-nose syndrome has been produced. You can check it out here! I recently did an interview with Global News about the discovery of a white-nose infected…
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A WNS Infected Little Brown Bat in Washington

  • April 8, 2016
  • by Karen Vanderwolf
[PHOTO CREDIT: Karen Vanderwolf] There has been a major development regarding white-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats: a WNS-infected Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) was found in North Bend, Washington, just…
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An Update on White-nose Syndrome

  • February 2, 2016
  • by Karen Vanderwolf
[PHOTO CREDIT: Karen Vanderwolf] I was interviewed for this article and thought it would be great to update you on the work that still continues on WNS. While there’s still…
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