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Scientists are tracking bats, guano imports and a deadly fungus threatening to wipe out three endangered species across B.C., Canada and the U.S.

Scientists are tracking bats, guano imports and a deadly fungus threatening to wipe out three endangered species across B.C., Canada and the U.S.

White nose syndrome attacks bats by disrupting their hibernation, and is responsible for ravaging bat populations across North America. 

Laugh-wise, Fridays opening-night performance of "Monty Pythons Spamalot" at Little Rocks Wildwood Park for the Arts was more than a romp and less than a riot.

Cory Olson is program coordinator of Wildlife Conservation Society Canada’s Alberta Bat Program. Through this program, he is raising awareness of bat conservation issues among the public and is working with governments, and others, to better understand and find solutions to the growing number of threats facing bats in Canada. He holds an MSc in animal ecology at the University

A fungus that is responsible for the deaths of millions of bats has arrived in Alberta. The fungus causes white-nose syndrome in bats, a disease that interrupts a bat's winter hibernation, prompting the animal to waste its energy and die of starvation. How did we get here?

Alberta’s bats received bad news last week when it was announced that the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome had arrived in the province.

‘It’s not a lot of bats that can survive this disease.’

A disease that has been nearly wiping out bat populations in Eastern Canada and the U.S. has made its first appearance in Alberta.

EDMONTON — A disease that has been nearly wiping out bat populations in Eastern Canada and the U.S. has made its first appearance in Alberta.