white nose syndrome

With the respiratory season around the corner many Montanans are getting their annual flu shot, but humans aren’t the only ones getting their vaccines ahead of the winter. Biologists are trying to protect bats from a deadly disease.

The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome among bats has been detected in northwest Montana. This is the first time the fungus has been detected west of the Continental Divide in the state.

Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks (FWP) biologists recently confirmed the presence of a fungal disease deadly to bats in a Cascade County cave.

Montana wildlife officials have detected a fungus that causes a deadly bat disease in at least six counties.

A fungus that has killed millions of bats in the eastern and central parts of the U.S. is now spreading across the West. Biologists recently detected it...

Bat biologists are in a race against time. A fungal disease called White Nose Syndrome is killing bats by the millions.Regional biologists are scrambling…

Where bats hibernate, how warm or cold, and how dry or damp the environment is, are questions being asked as researchers and recreationists explore…