Ainslie Cruickshank
Biodiversity Reporter at The Narwhal
BC biodiversity reporter @thenarwhalca. Reach me at [email protected] or https://t.co/KZKesaGolm
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1 week ago |
thenarwhal.ca | Ainslie Cruickshank
For us humans, there are plenty of benefits to spending time in nature. It can reduce our stress levels and our risk of chronic disease, boost our creativity and our overall happiness. There can be benefits for nature too. The more people who care about the health of all the plants and animals we share this planet with, the easier it may be to protect vulnerable ecosystems from harm. But when too many of us descend on popular parks all at once there can be unintended consequences for wildlife.
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1 month ago |
wfmz.com | Ainslie Cruickshank
Lausen is confident, though, that the compelling evidence the researchers need can be found across the border in Washington. In the past several years, there have been two mass mortality events attributed to white-nose syndrome documented in the state. About 100 bats succumbed to the disease—all of them yuma myotis, a species found only in the West.
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1 month ago |
wfmz.com | Ainslie Cruickshank
Researchers Cori Lausen and Maleen Mund step out of the warm spring sun and into a dimly lit workshop. The only light streams in through the doorway behind them and a few dusty windows. It's been a cool start to the season in the Lower Mainland, but some bats have already emerged from their winter hibernation. A couple dozen are roosting in cozy clusters in the rafters of this old, wood building near Hayward Lake, about 35 miles east of Vancouver, British Columbia, in Canada.
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1 month ago |
wfmz.com | Ainslie Cruickshank
The Narwhal reports that at a crucial point in their research, biologists are scrambling to find new support for their study into a treatment for white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that has devastated insect-eating bats across North America. Originally published on thenarwhal.ca, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.
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1 month ago |
stacker.com | Ainslie Cruickshank
Ainslie Cruickshank // The Narwhal Researchers Cori Lausen and Maleen Mund step out of the warm spring sun and into a dimly lit workshop. The only light streams in through the doorway behind them and a few dusty windows. It's been a cool start to the season in the Lower Mainland, but some bats have already emerged from their winter hibernation.
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