White-nose syndrome has decimated bat populations in Indiana. The disease, caused by a fungus, spreads from cave to cave where bats hibernate. News Sports Indy 500 Things To Do Opinion Advertise ...

White-nose syndrome has decimated bat populations in Indiana. The disease, caused by a fungus, spreads from cave to cave where bats hibernate.

White-nose syndrome is an invasive fungus that infects bats’ exposed tissue, causing damage to their noses, wings and tails. The creatures try to groom the fungus away, but the process rouses ...

In several Northeastern states, tens of thousands of bats have died from what is being called “white-nose syndrome.” Watch a short video about the condition. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ...

How has white-nose syndrome affected Indiana’s bats? In 2009, the year before white-nose syndrome was discovered in the state, biologists counted about 220,315 hibernating bats. By 2020, that ...

News Release — Sen. Patrick Leahy July 17, 2017 Press Contact: David Carle (202) 224-3693 Leahy: Vermont Is Among States Receiving Grants To Fight Bat-Killing White Nose Syndrome (MONDAY, July ...

In 2009, the year before white-nose syndrome was discovered in the state, biologists counted about 220,315 hibernating bats. By 2020, that number dropped about 17% due to the disease.

The northern long-eared bat joins the Indiana bat on the endangered species list. A dozen species in North America are being affected by white-nose syndrome. A second kind of bat found in Michigan ...

Some bats may survive a winter with white-nose syndrome only to subsequently succumb in the spring, when their immune systems kick into overdrive, attacking the fungal invader and their own tissues at ...

In 2009, a fungal pathogen called white-nose syndrome first hit bats in the Northeast and spread here to Tennessee. “At the time, it was totally new to science.