WNS Information Resources
Video/Audio posted February 1, 2012
Bats provide invaluable free pest control for our planet-- but now a deadly fungus is sweeping across the country and experts say it is North America's most devastating wildlife disease in history. It's called white-nose syndrome.
Fact sheet, informational material posted December 14, 2011
Wisconsin Bat Program's December 2011 newsletter, The Echolocator
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 December 2011 Echolocator | 1.38 MB |
Fact sheet, informational material posted December 5, 2011
The following sample submission guidelines are for use by researchers when surveying bat hibernacula or evaluating unusual bat morbidity or mortality during the winter 2011-2012.
Plan posted December 1, 2011
Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife WNS Surveillance Plan
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| CPW WNS Surveillance Plan | 1.61 MB |
Source: Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Fact sheet, informational material posted December 1, 2011
How much do you know about bats? Test your knowledge by answering 9 True/False questions. Your score will be calculated as you go, and after answering all nine questions, we'll tell you your score. Good luck!
Audio posted November 11, 2011
White nose syndrome meeting, Albany, NY.
Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Audio posted November 11, 2011
Question and answer with USFWS biologists Hadley, MA.
Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Video/Audio posted November 11, 2011
Commentary by Susi von Oettingen, endangered species biologist for the Northeast Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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 Something is Killing Our Bats | 12.24 MB |
Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Video/Audio posted November 11, 2011
Join U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Vermont State Fish and Wildlife biologists as they conduct the fall swarming survey at Elizabeth Mine in Strafford, VT.
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| Vermont State Fish and Wildlife | 31.44 MB |
Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Audio posted November 11, 2011
June 9, 2009, interview with Regional Director Marvin Moriarty on The Federal Drive, Federal News Radio WFED Washington, D.C
Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Video/Audio posted November 11, 2011
Damage to bat wings from the fungus associated with white-nose syndrome (WNS) may cause catastrophic imbalance in life-support processes, and this imbalance may be to blame for the more than 1 million deaths of bats due to WNS thus far.
Video/Audio posted November 11, 2011
Reporting in Science, researchers write that little brown bats, or Myotis lucifugus, are likely to disappear from the Northeast over the next 16 years. Study author Winifred Frick discusses white-nose syndrome, which is associated with die-offs and caused by a fast-moving fungus.
Video/Audio posted November 11, 2011
A couple of years ago, we told you about a mysterious fungus that was killing bats in the United States. Well now it has crossed the border into Canada. And it's threatening at least one species with extinction.
Video/Audio posted November 11, 2011
Bats are an essential part of a healthy ecosystem. However a newly discovered disease, white-nose syndrome, is devastating bat populations across the eastern United States, killing millions of bats, and threatening extinction for several species of these beneficial creatures.
Source: National Park Service
Video/Audio posted November 11, 2011
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs Oversight Hearing on "Why We Should Care About Bats: Devastating Impact White-Nose Syndrome is Having on One of Nature's Best Pest Controllers"
Fact sheet, informational material posted November 8, 2011
Exploring the Connections Between Arousal Patterns of Hibernating Bats and White Nose Syndrome: a Multi-State Study of Winter Arousal Activity in Northeastern Little Brown Bats. Dr. DeeAnn Reeder, Bucknell University (Principal Investigator)
Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Fact sheet, informational material posted November 8, 2011
An outline of the fungus that causes white nose syndrome, Geomyces Destructans.
Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Fact sheet, informational material posted November 8, 2011
An article of the discovery of white nose syndrome in France from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Fact sheet, informational material posted November 8, 2011
Journal of Animal Ecology from the British Ecological Society.
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| Journal of Animal Ecology | 232.62 KB |
Fact sheet, informational material posted November 8, 2011
How to report a wildlife mortality.
Fact sheet, informational material posted November 8, 2011
White-nose Syndrome (WNS) is characterized by the growth of one or more species of fungus on the rostrum, ears, and flight membranes of hibernating bats.
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| Bat Wing Damage Index | 3.44 MB |
Fact sheet, informational material posted October 21, 2011
The vision of Project Underground, Inc.
Fact sheet, informational material posted October 21, 2011
Questions about bats and links to websites where students can find the answers.This is a great resource for educators to use in their classrooms.
Fact sheet, informational material posted October 21, 2011
Kid-friendly website all about bats, why they are important and why they should be protected.
Fact sheet, informational material posted October 21, 2011
Lesson plan about bats aimed for grades K-8.
Fact sheet, informational material posted October 21, 2011
A teaching guide about bats and echolocation from PBS aimed for grades 5-8.
Fact sheet, informational material posted October 21, 2011
Lesson plans and activities from Education World, for educators to teach use in the classroom to teach their students about bats.
Fact sheet, informational material posted October 21, 2011
Informational resources about bats for an educator's curriculum.
Source: Bat Conservation International
Fact sheet, informational material posted October 18, 2011
Information about bat emergence.
Fact sheet, informational material posted October 18, 2011
Information about the environmental benefits of bats and threats to their conservation.