Media coverage
The secret lives of Vancouver’s ‘invisible mammals’ — and the race to save them
Director of Bat Conservation Dr Cori Lausen comments on the groundbreaking probiotic treatment working to protect Canada's bats from White-Nose Syndrome
2024-10-31 | The Narwhal
The race to save B.C.’s bats
Canadian Geographic profiles WCS Canada's efforts, led by Dr Cori Lausen, to stop White-Nose Syndrome before it devastates BC's bats.
2024-10-31 | Canadian Geographic
This Bat Week, a Promising Solution to a Scourge Devastating North America’s Bat Populations
Director of Bat Conservation Dr Cori Lausen shares how the loss of bats leads to increased pesticide use, impacting both ecosystems and human health.
2024-10-30 | WCS Wild Audio
Canada’s global nature pledges stymied by politicking at home: Guilbeault
WCS Canada President Justina Ray commends the overall vision of Canada's Nature Strategy, but highlights competing government priorities such as plans to expand mining for critical minerals, stand at odds with the scale of action needed.
2024-10-28 | The Narwhal
Lillooet: why this small town in the Canadian Rockies is suddenly teeming with scientists
Research from WCS Canada reveals new information on the wing microbiome of Western Canadian bats that could play a critical role in their defence against White-Nose Syndrome.
2024-10-24 | BBC Wildlife Magazine
‘Hit us with your best shot’: Canada-wide nature photography contest launches
To coincide with the start of CBD COP 16, the 2nd annual KBA Photo Contest launches
2024-10-23 | Victoria Buzz
Two years ago, the world promised to protect nature. Pressure is mounting to deliver
WCS Canada President Justina Ray speaks to CBC about progress towards the commitments of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
2024-10-21 | CBC
Inside the Fight for the Ring of Fire
WCS Canada Director of Forests, Peatlands, and Climate Change Dr. Lorna Harris weighs in on development in the Ring of Fire.
2024-10-03 | Maclean's
'Challenging' canoe trip helps local sisters connect with ancestors
Neemamo Mishkanan participant gives first hand account of her experience paddling hundreds of kilometres down two northern Ontario rivers.
2024-09-24 | Bradford Today
B.C. fish and wildlife programs are in ‘crisis’
Dr Cori Lausen, Director of Bat Conservation, outlines how challenges in government wildlife programs are impacting bat conservation on the ground.
2024-09-18 | The Narwhal
Bats are under threat from a deadly fungus. Here's how Alberta aims to mitigate the losses
Alberta Bat Program Coordinator Cory Olson comments on Alberta draft recovery plan for bat populations.
2024-09-16 | CBC
Helping B.C. bats one of 178 conservation projects funded
WCS Canada bat program project to prevent white-nose syndrome supported by Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation.
2024-09-13 | The Abbotsford News
Wild Cam: Wolverine densities vary across Canadian boreal forest
Legal trapping is the primary source of death for wolverines in Alberta and Ontario, according to research by Matthew Scrafford for WCS Canada.
2024-09-10 | The Wildlife Society
Un décret d’urgence réclamé pour les caribous de la Gaspésie
The federal government should add the Mountain Caribou of the Gaspé to its emergency order to be implemented in Quebec, say caribou specialists and WCS Canada.
2024-08-08 | Radio-Canada
How can we save Canada’s peatlands?
What are some of the challenges facing Canadian peatlands, and what are scientists and policymakers doing about them? Find out on GLF Live with Lorna Harris, director of WCS Canada’s Forests, Peatlands and Climate Change Program.
2024-07-29 | Global Landscapes Forum
