All are welcome to the Saint John Naturalists’ Club September meeting, located in the Mary Oland Theatre at the New Brunswick Museum.
Join Dr. Donald McAlpine for an introduction to New Brunswick’s bats, an overview of White-nose syndrome and the research carried out at the NB museum over the past decade, and a review of the current conservation status of all seven of our bat species!
White-nose syndrome is a fungal disease that has devastated eastern North American bat populations. Three out of seven NB bat species (one of which was previously found everywhere in the region) are now endangered as a result. The disease continues to work its way west, threatening additional bat populations. Intensive studies in New Brunswick have provided some of the most detailed Canadian information on certain aspects of the disease. But not all bats have been affected equally in NB.
Dr. Donald F. McAlpine, is the Curator of Zoology and Head of the Department of Natural History at the New Brunswick Museum (Saint John NB), where he has spent the past 40 years investigating the biodiversity of Atlantic Canada (including bats and White-nose syndrome).
