Day 5: Five Gold Rings!
Bird banding (or ringing) has been an important tool in monitoring wild bird populations for over a century (with reports…
Day 4: Four Calling Birds
Many birds vacate the Canadian Prairies before the frigid winter sets in, but there are many tough little residents and…
Day 3: Three French Hens
Last Christmas was a tough time for the Canadian poultry industry, with outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) beginning…
Day 2: Two Turtle Doves
No matter where you live in Canada, doves are likely a part of your daily life. Urban or rural, Rock…
Bat Week Day 4: What can I do?
What can I do to help? This is a question that enters many people’s minds when they hear of the…
Bat Week Day 3: Bat contributions to science
Bats are important to us in so many ways. In addition to their critical ecological role as pollinators and insectivores,…
Bat Week Day 2: The many faces of bats
Bats are among the most diverse group of mammals and represent about 20% of all mammalian species. Worldwide more than…
Welcome to Bat Week
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a devastating fungal disease that has killed over 6 million bats in Eastern North America since…
CWHC 2014/15 Annual Report
For many Canadians, healthy fish and wildlife define the very essence of our country. Healthy wildlife are important to our…
Grizzly bear research at the WSU Bear Center: Assessing how hair cortisol concentration is affected by a short-term stress event
Recently, CWHC research scientist Marc Cattet visited the Washington State University (WSU) Bear Research, Education, and Conservation Center to assist…