white nose syndrome

At least 5.7 million bats across the 16 states of the United States and Canada have died from a strange disease called White-nose syndrome (White-nose syndrome).

Biologist Tom Kanzi has discovered many bats that have died due to white nose fungal infection, a disease originating from Europe.

A mysterious disease that destroys 90% of hibernating bats in some caves and the coal mines in the area from Vermont to Virginia over the past 3 years have raised countless