Ecologists propose first prevention for white-nose syndrome death in bats

Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 14:28 in Biology & Nature

White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a poorly understood condition that, in the two years since its discovery, has spread to at least seven northeastern states and killed as many as half a million bats. Now researchers have suggested the first step toward a measure that may help save the affected bats: providing localised heat sources to the hibernating animals...

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