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Federal, State Scientists Resume Research, Interventions to Quell Deadly Bat Disease Outbreak

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A hibernating tri-colored bat clings to a wall inside an abandoned flooded mine on the Ouachita Mountains in western Arkansas.
J. Froelich

Field and laboratory investigations into White-nose syndrome, a highly infectious fungus that’s killed millions of hibernating bats in the U.S. and Canada, were forced to cease due to the Covid-19 pandemic. That work has resumed this winter, as the disease continues to spread.

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Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for <i>Ozarks at Large.</i>