White Nose Syndrome

An Arkansas U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service biologist, with permission from and accompanied by a Madison County property owner, searches for hibernating bats inside a private cave, part of an ecological survey to help protect hibernating bat species on the Ozark Highlands.

An Arkansas U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service biologist, with permission from and accompanied by a Madison County property owner, searches for hibernating bats inside a private cave, part of an ecological survey to help protect hibernating bat species on the Ozark Highlands.

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.

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.

White-nose syndrome, a fungal disease which has killed millions of cave-dwelling bats in North America including in Arkansas, continues to spread. This…

A white fungus has killed millions of cave-dwelling bats across the eastern U.S. during the past decade. Now, white-nose syndrome is spreading across the…

For the first time, scientists have treated and cured bats infected with White-Nose Syndrome. That's the devastating infection that is decimating bat…

News regarding White Nose Syndrome, a fungus which has killed more than 5 million cave dwelling bats in the Eastern U.S. has consistently been bad, since…

Winter is when scientists monitor for the spread of a highly contagious fungus killing hibernating cave bats, called White Nose Syndrome. This season,…