White-nose syndrome fungus has shown up in a second species of bat in Washington, adding to the concern that the problem could be expanding west of the Rocky Mountains. Washington Department of Fish ...

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 ...

VOORHEESVILLE, N.Y. — Researchers found substantially more bats in several caves that were the first ones struck by white-nose syndrome, giving them a glimmer of hope amid a scourge that has killed ...

MONTPELIER -- A biologist who has studied the decline in Vermont's bat populations since white nose syndrome started killing tens of thousands almost a decade ago says he thinks the worst of the ...

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 ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats has been detected in Clatsop County, the first such discovery in Oregon, state wildlife officials said Friday. White-nose ...

Since 2006, a fungal disease called white-nose syndrome has caused sharp declines in bat populations across the eastern United States. The fungus that causes the disease, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The state of Texas wants you to be on the lookout for dead bats or bats in distress. That’s because white-nose syndrome is apparently spreading, according to the Texas Parks and ...

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 ...

A fungus threatening bat populations across New Mexico and the U.S. was discovered by the federal Bureau of Land Management in caves near Roswell, mere miles from the bat population that call Carlsbad ...

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 ...