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PRO/AH> White nose syndrome, bats – North America (09): (ID) surveillance

White nose syndrome -- United StatesMoney has poured into efforts to slow the spread of white-nose syndrome [WNS], a deadly fungal disease that has killed millions of bats in the past decade.Because much about the disease remains a mystery, research is key to stemming the tide as the fungus threatens the nation's bat population, biologists and wildlife specialists say. The fungus kills bats during hibernation, when their energy reserves are critically low.Idaho Department of Fish and Game is partnering Read more [...]