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White Nose Syndrome
WNS Continues to Spread
[PHOTO CREDIT: WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME.ORG] As you can see in the above map, white-nose syndrome continued to spread at a rapid pace during the 2012-2013 winter season. Nine new…
I Got To Meet Our Bat Hero – Dara!
[PHOTO CREDIT: KAREN VANDERWOLF/NB MUSEUM -SPECIMENS FROM THE NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM’S BAT COLLECTION. THESE INCLUDE THE BIG BROWN BAT, LITTLE BROWN BAT, NORTHERN LONG-EAR BAT, AND THE TRICOLORED BAT] In…
CBC Shift Interview on WNS
[PHOTO CREDIT: KAREN VANDERWOLF/NB MUSEUM] I did an interview with CBC Shift on Tuesday regarding WNS (white-nose syndrome) and the recent listing of three bat species to the Species at…
CBC Shift Interview on WNS
[ I did an interview with CBC Shift on Tuesday regarding WNS (white-nose syndrome) and the recent listing of three bat species to the Species at Risk list in both…
A New Bat Hero!
[PHOTO THE DAILY GLEANER FREDERICTON & REGION, MAY 22, 2013] This summer I will have a chance to meet Dara Glasby, a grade 2 student from New Brunswick. Dara’s passion…
Hinterland Who’s Who Launches Little Brown Bat! // La faune et flore du pays et la petite chauves-souris brune!
Did you know that May 22nd is the International Day for Biodiversity? Hinterland Who’s Who (who’s turning 50 this year!) is joining in the celebrations by launching a new video…
Start collecting your Shell receipts to Help The Bats!
The Little Brown Bat, along with the Tri-colored Bat and the Northern Myotis are under serious threat. A disease called white-nose syndrome is wiping out entire colonies, and it is…
Another Season of Winter Field Work Completed
We have completed our winter field work for the year and only saw 79 live bats! That is a big drop from the 7000+ we saw 2 years ago. In…
Some Good News for Canada’s Bats
[PHOTO: KAREN VANDERWOLF/NB MUSEUM] Last week Environment Canada committed $330,000 over the next four years for White-nose Syndrome (WNS) research and monitoring. WNS is a fungal disease that is threatening…
Bat Hibernaculum Surveys Started Last Week
[PHOTO: NB MUSEUM] We started bat hibernaculum surveys last week and the news is not good. Of the 3 caves we visited, one had 2 dead bats, another had 12…