Did you know that a Little Brown Myotis can eat 600 mosquitoes in an hour? Not only do bats devour mosquitoes, but the bats of…
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Annual Bat Count helps monitor endangered wildlife
Program calls for bat roost reports and volunteers Submitted by Kootenay Community Bat Project Spring is here, and with warmer nighttime temperatures our B.C. bats…
Helping bats at Halloween
As Halloween approaches, images of scary bats become commonplace. This is the perfect time of year to counter bat myths and do something to help…
Public help needed to find bat roosts and count bats
BC Annual Bat Count contributes to monitoring for impacts of white-nose syndrome across the province Spring is here and bats are returning to summer roost…
B.C. bats not to blame for COVID-19
B.C. annual Bat Count contributes to province-wide surveillance for White-nose syndrome The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a negative spotlight on bats, due to concerns over…
Wanted: Reports of dead bats and winter bat sightings
Public help is essential for bat disease monitoring says the Kootenay Community Bat Project B.C. bats are threatened by disease, and researchers continue to ask…
Bat Week? It’s for the bats!
As Halloween approaches, bat enthusiasts around B.C. are celebrating and supporting bats by participating in International Bat Week (October 24-31). Bat Week is all about…
Bat BioBlitz detects endangered species
Conservation groups have answered a request from the B.C. government to help study a group of species soon to face devastating population die-offs – bats…
Flathead Bat BioBlitz may help endangered bats
Bat biologists are converging in B.C.’s Flathead River Valley tomorrow (July 24). They hope to gain new information to advance bat conservation in B.C.’s southeast…
Flathead bats may help Canada’s endangered bats: new study
A new study concludes that B.C.’s Flathead River Valley could play an important role in understanding White Nose Syndrome, a mysterious disease that has nearly…