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April 29, 2021

Disease Kills 90 Percent Of Certain Bats

White-nose syndrome has killed over 90% of northern long-eared, little brown and tri-colored bat populations in fewer than 10 years, according to a new study published in Conservation Biology. Researchers also noted declines in Indiana bat and big […]
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April 7, 2021

Can Humans Give Covid To Bats?

The risk is low that scientists could pass coronavirus to North American bats during winter research, according to a new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey. USGS wildlife disease specialist Kimberli Miller collects field samples from […]
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November 28, 2019

$100,000 To Save Bats?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing a $100,000 challenge to combat white-nose syndrome (WNS), a lethal fungus that has killed millions of bats in North America and pushed some native bat species to the […]
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April 16, 2018

Disease That Has Killed Millions of Bats Hits Central Texas

The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats, detected for the first time in Texas in early 2017 in the Panhandle, has now spread into Central Texas. Though no bat deaths have been attributed to […]
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