Die-off of bats is linked to new fungus

Researchers don't know whether mass deaths of bats in the Northeast is caused by the fungus, but it is present in the dead animals. The common name for the affliction is white-nose syndrome. Researchers have found a clue in the mysterious die-off of bats that has struck the Northeast -- a new fungus that so far seems to be present only in bats and in caves where the die-off has occurred.

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