Tiny bats provide 'glimmer of hope' against fungus that threatened entire species
DORSET, Vt. (AP) -- Deep in a cool, damp cave in Vermont, tens of thousands of furry, chocolate brown creatures stir.
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DORSET, Vt. (AP) -- Deep in a cool, damp cave in Vermont, tens of thousands of furry, chocolate brown creatures stir.
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 […]
White nose syndrome has killed 90% or more of the bat population in parts of North America.
Scientists studying bat species that have been hit hard by the fungus that causes white...