Colorado Climbers Race to Gather Data About Bats Before a Fungal Disease Hits the State
Biologists have little idea where many of Colorado's bats reside. Athletes are helping.
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White-Nose Syndrome
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Wind Turbines: Saving the Planet but Butchering Bats
At a recent evening “batwalk” at the University of California’s Sedgwick Reserve conducted by vertebrate biologist Paul W.…
Wildlife CSI Positively Identified Bat Killer
A fungus long suspected as the cause of the white-nose syndrome killing American bats has been positively ID'd as the culprit.
Bats Get Pre-Halloween Help
With white-nose syndrome continuing to plague North American bats, the federal government is sending some academics to the rescue.
White Nose Swings at European Bats
A fungus linked to widespread destruction of U.S. bat colonies has been found on a thriving French bat.
Bat-Killing Disease Marches South
Al Hicks took it hard when laboratory tests confirmed the presence of white-nose syndrome among recently killed bats…
Unhappy Halloween: Bats In Grave Danger
Bees do it. Frogs do it. And now scientists fear bats may be the next die-off victims.