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A fungus that is responsible for the deaths of millions of bats has arrived in Alberta. The fungus causes white-nose syndrome in bats, a disease that interrupts a bat's winter hibernation, prompting the animal to waste its energy and die of starvation. How did we get here?
Alberta’s bats received bad news last week when it was announced that the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome had arrived in the province.
‘It’s not a lot of bats that can survive this disease.’
A disease that has been nearly wiping out bat populations in Eastern Canada and the U.S. has made its first appearance in Alberta.
EDMONTON — A disease that has been nearly wiping out bat populations in Eastern Canada and the U.S. has made its first appearance in Alberta.