Idaho Fish and Game received confirmation that six bats tested positive for a fungus that leads to a deadly disease known as “white-nose syndrome.” The bats were located in Minnetonka Cave in Bear ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will launch a 12 month investigation of the eastern small-footed bat and the northern long-eared bat to determine if they should be protected under ...

Idaho wildlife officials are asking residents to report dead or sick bats after the first confirmed cases of white-nose ...

It was found in guano near Astoria. Wildlife officials say people should take precautions so they don’t spread the fungus to new areas. Bats roost in a cave in Dorset, Vt., on May 2, 2023. A fungus ...

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 ...

A fungus that causes a fatal illness in bats has been detected in Idaho for the first time, federal and state officials confirmed. Rita Dixon, state wildlife action plan coordinator for Fish and Game, ...

The National Park Service announced in September that the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats was found at San Juan Island National Historical Park in Washington and on bat droppings at ...

A deadly fungus that has devastated bat populations across North America has now been detected in multiple counties throughout California, raising alarms among wildlife officials and conservationists.

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 ...