Officials warn that bat bites can go unnoticed and urge prompt reporting of any possible exposure ...

HEALTH chiefs are scrambling to contain an outbreak of a ‘brain swelling’ bat-borne virus considered the ‘next pandemic’. At ...

Fungus-coated bats are spreading deadly disease in Washington state’s San Juan Island National Historical Park, according to park officials. Three Yuma Myotis bats tested positive for the fungus that ...

Park officials at Rocky Mountain National Park have confirmed the first case of white-nose syndrome in a bat in Grand County, providing evidence that the fatal fungus-caused disease may be pushing ...

The discovery of a rabid bat on a popular hiking trail has prompted officials to put hikers and pet owners on high alert.

A fungus that causes white-nose syndrome, a disease that's deadly to hibernating bats but not a direct health risk for humans, has been detected in North Dakota for the first time, the National Park ...

Bat populations in some places in North America appear to have developed resistance to the deadly fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome. Researchers from UC Santa Cruz analyzed infection data ...

Three bats with a disease that kills bat populations were found in Rocky Mountain National Park. The disease, called white-nose syndrome, is caused by a fungus called Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) ...

The bat was found near the gate entrance of a popular trail at a regional park in town.

White patches of fungus can be seen on this northern long-eared bat affected by white-nose syndrome in Illinois. (Photo by J.R. Hoyt) UC Santa Cruz graduate student Joseph Hoyt releases a little brown ...