A species of tiny bats has been decimated due to white-nose syndrome caused by a fungus. The fungus is believed to have been brought to the United States from Europe.
DORSET, Vt. (AP) Deep in a cool, damp cave in Vermont, tens of thousands of furry, chocolate brown creatures stir. The little brown bats, survivors of a deadly fungus that decimated their population, went into hibernation last fall. Now in early May, they’re waking, detaching from their rock wall roosts and making their first […]
Scientists studying bat species that have been hit hard by the fungus that causes white nose syndrome say there is a glimmer of good news against the disease that has killed millions of bats across North America