The early results were good: the bat she had euthanized in Mammoth Cave tested negative for white-nose syndrome, and the rest of their cave surveys came up clean. It looked as if Kentucky bats had ...

White-nose syndrome cannot make humans sick ... Ensure you properly decontaminate your gear and outerwear after visiting a cave or other bat habitat. A new detection of this fungus is ...

Bats across Rocky Mountain National Park are facing a fatal disease due to an invasive fungus, according to park officials.

To date, the TPWD has found evidence of disease in three species: the tri-colored bat, the cave myotis, and Townsend’s big-eared bat. This is the first detection of the fungus in either of the latter ...

The park also said people should never touch a bat, because they could carry other dangerous diseases aside from white-nose syndrome. If you do visit a cave or bat habitat, Rocky Mountain National ...