Bats aren't the cutest creatures, but without them there'd be a lot more bugs. FRANKLIN, W.Va., April 3, 2009 — -- A mysterious fungus is killing off thousands of bats around the country.

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 ...

Millions of bats in North America have died from white-nose syndrome, and a new study from the University of Waterloo ...

For nearly two decades, scientists have watched white-nose syndrome tear through North American bat colonies while trying to explain how a dusting of fungus could be so deadly. Recent work now ...

Aug. 27—A colony of bats near Libby Dam tested positive for the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome, marking the first detection of the deadly disease in western Montana. Since it was first ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said that two little brown bats with white-nose syndrome were found recently in Boulder County. Little brown bats are an endangered species of bat found in Canada ...

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 ...

Colorado’s first recorded case of white-nose syndrome, a destructive, fungus-caused wildlife disease that has killed millions of North American bats since it was first documented in the United States ...

An illness that has devastated bat populations across eastern North America has been confirmed in four Illinois counties, although not yet found in the Quad-Cities area yet. White-nose syndrome, known ...

White-nose syndrome, a disease found in bats, was discovered in Mystery Cave in the Pryor Mountains. Mystery Cave is managed by the Bureau of Land Management and is a Pryor Mountains cave that ...