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Wildlife Conservation Society Canada 🇨🇦
Dedicated conservation scientists in action to bring about a world where wildlife thrives 🌎 #WeStandForWildlife

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Protecting peatlands is one of the smartest, most effective climate actions we can take. Visit our website to learn more: https://f.mtr.cool/hcgjtomdyn (5/5)
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
When peatlands are drained or disturbed, the stored carbon is released - and there's no getting it back! (4/5)
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A quarter of those climate-critical peatlands are in Canada. Canada's peatlands alone store more carbon than all the trees of the Amazon rainforest 🍃 (3/5)
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Despite covering only 3% of the globe's surface, peatlands contain over a quarter of all terrestrial carbon (2/5)
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
With COP30 kicking off today in Brazil, we're shining a spotlight on some of Canada's most climate-critical ecosystems - peatlands! As global leaders meet to tackle the climate crisis, Canada’s vast peatlands deserve a place at the top of the agenda 🌎 (1/5)
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The 2025 KBA Photo Contest Honourable Mentions are here 🌿

More stunning photos showcasing Canada’s most important places for nature.

Explore the full list → https://f.mtr.cool/qlokqnidkn
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Applications for our Weston Family Boreal Research Fellowship are now open! 

Why apply?

✅ Funding to support your research
✅ Mentorship & networking with conservation experts
✅ The opportunity to drive impact in boreal conservation. 

Apply:  https://f.mtr.cool/nyeajbdyga
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
📸 See their photos → https://f.mtr.cool/fpwvlpaaof

A huge thank-you to all participants, judges, and partners who made this year’s contest possible 💚
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The beauty of Canada’s Key Biodiversity Areas shines through again 🌿

These third-place winners from the 2025 KBA Photo Contest showcase the landscapes, wildlife, and people that make Canada’s biodiversity so extraordinary 🧵
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
With over 400 entries and submissions from every province and territory, this year’s contest highlights just how deeply nature shapes Canada’s identity 💚

Meet the winners and explore their stunning images → https://f.mtr.cool/jjogwnxzhr
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Congratulations to the second-place winners of the 2025 KBA Canada Photo Contest 🥈

From coast to coast to coast, photographers across Canada shared their love of nature through the 2025 KBA Canada Photo Contest 🌊🧵
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
See the winners → https://f.mtr.cool/xyukuqoxpv
November 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
📸 The 2025 KBA Canada Photo Contest winners are here!

With 400+ entries from every province and territory, this year’s photos showcase the beauty and biodiversity of Canada’s Key Biodiversity Areas 🦋
November 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This Halloween, the real scare isn’t bats - it’s losing them 🦇

Millions have died from white-nose syndrome, but a probiotic cocktail tested by WCS Canada’s Cori Lausen offers new hope for protection.

More: https://f.mtr.cool/nhxfbjicub
October 31, 2025 at 6:37 PM
After hundreds of incredible submissions, the judges have spoken✨

Find out soon who captured the winning shots in the 2025 KBA Photo Contest 🏆🤎

#KeyBiodiversityAreas #KBAs #2025KBAPhotoContest
October 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Help us give bats in Canada the support they need to survive and thrive: https://f.mtr.cool/yjzmsslzhi (4/4)
October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
New research from WCS and WCS Canada has shown why proactive action matters. By combining science, policy, community, and outreach - a One Health approach - we can boost bats’ chances of recovery before it’s too late 🧪 (3/4)
October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Because bats reproduce slowly, they can’t rely on evolution alone to survive new pressures - from disease to habitat loss. (2/4)
October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The threats facing bats are evolving faster than bats can keep up 🦇 (1/4) #BatMonth #BatConservation @albertabats.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What can an 8-year-old teach us about bats? That they’re fascinating creatures and essential for healthy ecosystems🦇

Meet Talia, a fourth-grader who donated her birthday money to protect bats (Artwork by AE Bowers’ Grade 4 class, Airdrie AB)
October 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Together, we’re creating awareness and supporting bat conservation across the province. 

Love bats? 🤎 This Bat Appreciation Month, you can help protect them.
Donate here → https://f.mtr.cool/stydhkkukj
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Community science and outreach are vital aspects of our work to help bats.

Through events, discussions with landowners, guidebooks, and local monitoring, we’re empowering Albertans to support bat-friendly practices and take part in protecting western bats 🦇🧵

@albertabats.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
✨The countdown is on ⏳

With just 24 hours left to enter the KBA Photo Contest, we’re calling on photographers across Canada to capture the beauty and importance of Key Biodiversity Areas - the places nature needs most!

Enter by Oct 10 🌿
🔗 More: https://f.mtr.cool/xngtrhhbkk
October 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
From setting up nets to seeing bats emerge in the sky, the experience was about connection. Taylor highlights “that conservation is not just a science. It’s a practice of showing up, learning from each other, and remembering that how we do the work matters just as much as the work itself.” (2/3)
October 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Bat fieldwork rarely goes as planned… and that’s exactly where the lessons begin!

This summer Taylor Galvin, one of the inaugural First Nations Women Transforming Conservation Fellows, joined WCS Canada in the cedar forests of British Columbia to study bats 🦇 (1/3)
October 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM