The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) today confirmed the presence of White-Nose Syndrome (WNS), a disease fatal to several bat species, in four Illinois counties. The University of ...

A bat suspected of having white-nose syndrome clings to a cave wall in Mammoth Cave National Park in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. The disease that has killed more than 6 million cave-dwelling bats in the ...

PHOENIX — A bat sampled by biologists at Fort Huachuca near Sierra Vista in 2024 tested positive for the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS) disease in bats. The bat, a cave myotis, was found ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — On this Friday the 13th, spooky creatures like bats may come to mind. But, bats have had plenty to fear themselves in the past 15 years. A disease called white-nose syndrome ...

When a live bat was reported in Snowmass Village Dec. 5, it wasn’t out of the question to consider if it was suffering from white-nose syndrome. “It was unusual to find a bat in the wintertime,” ...

A deadly fungus that has devastated bat populations across North America has now been detected in multiple counties throughout California, raising alarms among wildlife officials and conservationists.

MADISON, Wis. -- The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Thursday one of its professors, along with a PhD candidate, have made scientific gains in studying how a type of invasive fungus kills ...

Prior to 2006, I could step outside on a warm June evening and count on seeing at least a few bats patrolling the backyard in search of flying insects. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) reports ...