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The Nature Around Us


White-Nose Syndrome & Indiana Bats: Impacts on the Ecosystem
This weekend as I was riding my horse around an indoor arena, a bat started to fly around. My first though was that bat should not be awake, what if it has white-nose syndrome. I can’t tell you exactly what kind of bat it was, but my best guess would be it was an Indiana Bat. A full-grown Indiana bat is about 3 to 3.8 inches long with a 9 to 10.5-inch wingspan. The bat I saw was fairly large so that is why I believe it to be an endangered Indiana bat. I know for most people b
Anna Olson
Dec 21, 20254 min read


Where Are the Goslings? Why Canada Geese May Be Laying Fewer Eggs
Do you remember walking past an open green space in the springtime, and hearing geese squawking because you accidentally got to close to...
Anna Olson
Jun 4, 20254 min read


Silent Killer in the Wild: The Growing Threat of Chronic Wasting Disease
Can you imagine a world where deer, elk, and moose slowly waste away? They cannot recognize their surroundings as they stagger through...
Anna Olson
Feb 12, 20255 min read
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