White nose syndrome (WNS) was discovered – the first time confirmed in the state – via samples taken from two live bats and two found dead in caves in Lincoln and De Baca counties, which are managed ...

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 ...

White-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that has decimated bat populations in the eastern U.S. and Canada, has been detected in Colorado for the first time. A female Yuma bat was found on the ground and ...

This northern long-eared bat has visible signs of white-nose syndrome. Steve Taylor/University of Illinois/U.S. Fish and Wildlife, CC BY Bat populations in Colorado may be headed for a decline that ...

Oregon’s bat populations could soon face a serious threat after the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome was detected in guano collected at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park on the state’s ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by white-nose ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — While centuries of folklore and various legends have led to bats being considered creepy critters, the tiny, winged mammals are actually harmless, and play an important role ...

The National Park Service announced in September that the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats was found at San Juan Island National Historical Park in Washington and on bat droppings at ...

A little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) at the Oregon Caves National Monument, shown here in a provided photo from 2025. Emma Busk / BLM White-nose syndrome is a fungal disease that grows on hibernating ...

A fungal disease has wiped out bats throughout North America, but hopeful research suggests one species may be developing resistance to this pandemic. A little brown bat displaying characteristic ...