The title says it all: Wildlife trade drives animal-to-human pathogen transmission over 40 years | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Un énorme merci à nos partenaires d’Environnement Canada pour leur soutien à notre programme national de santé des chauves-souris depuis plus d’une décennie!

A huge thank you to our partners at Environment Canada for supporting our national bat health program for over a decade!

Qu'est-ce qui a causé la mortalité de poissons sous la glace? Cet hiver, aux lacs Fauvel (Qc), brochets et crapets morts sous la glace, tandis que d'autres espèces survivaient. Cause probable : l'hypoxie hivernale (manque d'oxygène). Lisez l'article : healthywildlife.ca/mortalite-hi...

New article on #AvianInfluenza and pinniped conservation from @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...

Just love spring #HarewoodPlains #fungifriends

Il faut tout un village ! Depuis 2022, nos cas de santé de la faune ont triplé, passant de 500 à 1 500+ par an. Si notre réseau de 300+ partenaires est vital, votre aide l'est tout autant. Lisez l’article complet ici : healthywildlife.ca/it-takes-a-v...

It Takes a Village: Since 2022, wildlife health cases handled by the CWHC grew from 500 to over 1,500 per year. Our incredible network of 300+ partners helps us track diseases across the province—but we need your help. Read the full story here: healthywildlife.ca/it-takes-a-v...

Comment manipuler les chauves-souris ? Un nouveau guide sur la manipulation et le bien-être des chauves-souris a été publié dans le Journal of North American Bat Research Lire l'intégralité de l'article ici : healthywildlife.ca/publication-...

How do you handle bats? New guide for bat handling and welfare published in the the Journal of North American Bat Research Read the full blog here: healthywildlife.ca/canadian-bat...

Celina has been fighting breast cancer for the last year. She's doing a fundraiser for cancer research to give something back: fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/participant/...

Dance your PhD?! The winner is brilliant: youtu.be/UWHdiLdemXQ?... I guarantee I would not have won. I can't even imagine dancing like a bison ...

Yes!

Found increasing rates of #brainworm (P tenuis) and #CWD . And by #brainworm I mean P. tenuis ....

Why do wild ungulates die in Canada? New paper by Kerry Schutten from @ucalgaryvetmed.bsky.social and @cwhc-rcsf.bsky.social explores 20 years of mortality data. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Here are a couple lovely little ones from our fantastic day in #HarewoodPlains yesterday. What a gorgeous day. (And a sunshine photo, just because) #MushroomMonday #fungi

Our collaboration with #wildliferehab facilities is SO important to our ability to monitor #wildlifedisease in Canada. Check out this great article on the importance of this relationship in #Saskatchewan and our fantastic partners! healthywildlife.ca/wildlife-dis... @cwhc-rcsf.bsky.social

Spring is coming! #MushroomMonday #fungi #fungifriends #HarewoodPlains

Calgary's "funny bunnies" .... healthywildlife.ca/calgarys-fun... @cwhc-rcsf.bsky.social

New article from Jessica Russell (www.linkedin.com/in/jess-russ...) on how hunting *can* control #CWD in British Columbia cwdbc.ca/cwd/yes-hunt...

Great new paper from our CWHC Ontario/Nunavut Regional Center on perspectives of #lepto from different sectors journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... @cwhc-rcsf.bsky.social

How do you make your yard #bat friendly? CWHC Atlantic Ecologist Darrian Washinger will be discussing this and the science behind bat #conservation in an upcoming free webinar (details below). Je suis désolé, le webinaire sera offert uniquement en anglais. @cwhc-rcsf.bsky.social

As the leading global voice on the environment, UNEP provides leadership and encourages partnership in addressing humanity’s most pressing environmental challenges. To achieve this, we regularly seek qualified professionals to join our team. See current vacancies here: https://ow.ly/Gxon50Y9Qw2

A sliver moon during a light show at the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore a couple weeks ago

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

So cool: study shows #Prototaxites were not #fungi, " ... instead suggesting that this enigmatic organism is best assigned to an entirely extinct eukaryotic lineage." 9 meters tall! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #fungifriends

Finally got to read #12 today, the finale of a fantastic #StarWars comic run by @charlessoule.bsky.social and Luke Ross. Wow - a brilliant dive into the madness of Kylo Ren. So fun.

A paper in Nature Sustainability presents a global dataset that maps global heating and cooling degree days, finding future hotspots, rising cooling demand and early shifts in energy needs with major global impacts. go.nature.com/4kn6J4U 🧪

The #HPAI panzootic (=pandemic in animals) continues to ravage #wildlife, including Antarctica. New study from the @onehealthinstitute.bsky.social phys.org/news/2026-02...

Fascinating new article on Besnoitia parasitism in migratory #caribou in Canada, Alaska (USA), and Greenland. jwd.kglmeridian.com/view/journal... @cwhc-rcsf.bsky.social

Great post on a post-mortem examination of a #GreatWhiteShark ! healthywildlife.ca/wow-were-goi...

While I love the current SFF interest in all things fungi/mushroom, I am eagerly awaiting the humble slime mold’s turn to shine. ✨

It’s Groundhog Day! Vancouver Island Violet has made her prediction! Six more weeks of winter! This was confirmed by her mate Phillip who also got in the weather prediction action. Watch here:

Great article on why #veterinarians matter to #GlobalHealth: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @cwhc-rcsf.bsky.social @wcshealth.bsky.social @woahglobal.bsky.social

A couple of jelly #fungi (I think?) on an arbutus in #HarewoodPlains from the other day. #fungifriends

A very important read: "The Economics of a Livable Planet: 5 Things Every Policymaker, CEO, and Development Practitioner Should Know" blogs.worldbank.org/en/climatech...

Great overview of HPAI H5N1 in Europe, a review which is part of the 11th international symposium on avian influenza proceedings. 👉 cdnsciencepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

Annual epidemiological report for 2024 on zoonotic influenza. Report by European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 👉 www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/defaul...

So cool. I love the idea of these huge #fungl -like organisms covering our planet, but not being in any of the biological kingdoms we now recognize. It's like watching an episode of #ScavengersReign #fungifriends

I'm in Singapore, and despite all my efforts, haven't seen any #fungi, but these #otters were so cool. I believe they're smooth coated otters. Brilliant.

Love this!!!

Saviez-vous qu’il y a plus de 800 espèces en péril au Canada? 🚨 Venez découvrir ce que fait la FCF pour améliorer notre biodiversité: https://bit.ly/3NjBUBH 📸: davidrscott | #iNaturalistCanada

This article is definitely worth the time for a read. Once again, Indigenous rights are being ignored.

Your occasional reminder that depression lies. It will tell you your friends don't want to hear from you when you need to talk to someone the most. Trust me, they not only DO want to hear from you, but they could probably use a kind word too.

The interior of the peridioles of Nidula niveotomentosa (a birds nest fungus) have surprising green fluorescence in 365 nanometer UV light. Photographed yesterday in Mendocino County, California. Sliced in half with a sharp razor blade. #fungi #mycology #mushrooms #fungifriends #uvphotography

Great article by @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social on the CWHC funding situation, which limits our ability to monitor for diseases like #AvianInfluenza in wildlife. We so appreciate of the support our partner funding agencies provide. Folks in those agencies really care about wildlife health.

A rare sunny day on the Island!