The water temperatures are getting colder, and for sea turtles, this could be bad news. If a sea turtle ends up in water that's 10 C or below, it could become cold-stunned, and eventually blow onto shore, where it would die if exposed to the elements for too long.
Conservation groups are encouraging Nova Scotians to chow down on smallmouth bass and chain pickerel in hopes of saving the nearly extinct Atlantic whitefish.
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(stock photo) Researchers believe that bats native to Nova Scotia are recovering after a fungus disease nearly killed off the entire population 10 years ago. Prior to 2011, it was common for many people to step outdoors in Nova Scotia and encounter bats. However, a fungus was introduced to North America causing bats across Canada and the United States to develop white-nose syndrome. Lori Phinney, a wildlife biologist with Nova Scotia s Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute, said the disease killed more than 90 per cent of the province s bat population between 2011 and 2013. Across North America, that disease has killed millions of bats. It was quick, it was fast and the bat population just plummeted, she told NEWS 95.7 s The Rick Howe Show. Now, we ve been doing some monitoring to check how those bats are doing.
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