The Alberta Community Bat Program’s Bat-Friendly Farm Initiative
Farms often provide habitat for bats. Important roosting habitat may occur in outbuildings or mature trees maintained on the farm…
Canadian Bat Box Project
Karen Vanderwolf with Trent University is leading a national bat box project in Canada in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation…
Bat Monthly featured contributor of October 2020
Kaleigh Norquay, MSc, Lab Manager of the Willis Bat Lab at University of Winnipeg I am the lab manager for…
Public Perception of bats
Long throughout human history bats have had a bad reputation. Many people of past and present fear bats, often due…
Bat Monitoring in Prince Edward Island National Park
Monitoring of bat activity is underway again throughout Prince Edward Island National Park! Recent restrictions due to COVID-19 have changed…
Bat Monthly featured story: Developing a Probiotic Approach to Reduce Severity of White-Nose Syndrome in Bats (Canada)
Our research team was previously awarded a research grant from the US National Fish and Wildlife Foundation – Bat for…
Atlantic Canada Bat Week and Webinar
Across Atlantic Canada there is an active community of non-governmental organizations, federal and provincial governments, indigenous organizations, academics, and volunteers…
Understanding WNS resistance mechanisms in big brown bats
Every winter, many of Canada’s insect-eating bats perform a nearly unbelievable feat of endurance – survival without eating for up…
Bat research in Waterton Lakes National Park
The Kenow Wildfire occurred in Waterton Lakes National Park (WLNP) in southwestern Alberta in September 2017. The wildfire, started by…
The Yukon is a tough place to be a bat
The winters are long, cold, and dry, while summers are brief and cool. Yukon experiences “midnight sun” during summer, which…