An estimated 6.7 million bats have died since 2006 because of an outbreak of white-nose syndrome, a fast-moving disease that has wiped out entire colonies and left caves littered with the bones of ...

Samples collected from a cave myotis bat at Fort Huachuca last summer tested positive for the fungus that causes the deadly disease white-nose syndrome. Arizona joins a list of 40 states and nine ...

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 ...

Five months after Tropical Storm Helene, the Bat Cave community in Henderson County is still struggling to recover from ...

White-nose syndrome does not pose a risk to humans or pets, but human activity is a major concern for bringing fungal spores into cold, humid caves where bats hibernate, and where optimal growing ...

Liz Olson, assistant director, wildlife biologist, and board member of BiodiversityWorks, has not only found her passion, but is immersed in it daily. Hanging out in her cozy office, we chatted about ...