Mysterious fungus killing snakes in at least 9 states

Sunday, August 9, 2015 - 09:50 in Biology & Nature

NEW HAVEN, Vt. (AP) -- Hidden on hillsides in a remote part of western Vermont, a small number of venomous timber rattlesnakes slither among the rocks, but their isolation can't protect them from a mysterious fungus spreading across the eastern half of the country that threatens to wipe them out....

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