In 2006, people found bats in New York's Howe Cave that had a peculiar, fuzzy white substance growing on their snouts. This was the first sighting of white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that has ...

The study compared the effect of bat die-offs from White-Nose Syndrome on pesticide use in counties that experienced bat population declines to counties that were likely unaffected. It found that when ...

The onslaught that hit bats in Connecticut beginning in 2008 is ongoing. It’s one of the great environmental disasters of our time, happening in real time in front of us. Urban wildlife expert Laura ...

Arizona Game and Fish officials are a few steps closer to unraveling the mystery behind the death of 69 bats under an east-side bridge even as more are found dead. Another dozen bats were found dead ...

The numerous casualties of bats at wind turbines (WT) have a negative impact on the populations of affected species and potentially far-reaching consequences for the biodiversity in rural areas. Until ...

ALBANY, N.Y. Researchers, cavers and others interested in bats traveled to Albany from across the U.S. and Canada for a three-day brainstorming session on the mysterious, mass die-off of bats in the ...

As night falls over a large country house in Washington state’s Snohomish County, a dozen volunteers gather around Abby Tobin, a scientist with the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife.

We had hoped that, by now, with surviving bats near ready to emerge from hibernation in nearby caves, quarries and mines, more would be known about the disease —- if that is what it is — that has ...

Not only do many bats die at wind turbines, the turbines also displace some species from their habitats over large areas. When the turbines are in operation at relatively high wind speeds, the ...