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 ...

Wildlife officials are tracking Southeastern myotis bats exposed to the disease and living in a Wake County stormwater system ...

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 ...

DULUTH, Minn. -- Research continues to better understand white-nose syndrome, and scientists are beginning to see promising results that could eventually help treat and recover affected bats, but so ...

Canadian research scientist Cori Lausen is studying probiotics as a treatment for white-nose syndrome, which is caused by a ...

Highlands, North Carolina — In the North Carolina town of Highlands, about 20 feet below ground in a goldmine from the 1800s, ...

A fungal disease threatening the survival of bats throughout the U.S. was found in a southeast New Mexico cave for the first time in the region, and officials are stepping up efforts to prevent its ...

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 ...

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 has ...

Research continues to better understand white-nose syndrome, and scientists are beginning to see promising results that could eventually help treat and recover affected bats, but so far nothing has ...