White-nose syndrome - Wikipedia
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a fungal disease in North American bats which has resulted in the dramatic decrease of the bat population in the United States and Canada, reportedly killing millions as of 2018. [1]
White-Nose Syndrome Killed Over 90% of Three North American Bat …
Apr 21, 2021 · White-nose syndrome has killed over 90% of northern long-eared, little brown and tri-colored bat populations in fewer than 10 years, according to a new study published in Conservation Biology. Researchers also noted declines …
What Is White-nose Syndrome? - U.S. National Park Service
Dec 8, 2017 · White-nose syndrome (WNS) is the fungal disease killing bats in North America. Research indicates the fungus that causes WNS, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, is likely exotic, introduced from Europe.
Preventing and treating white-nose syndrome
Scientists are developing and testing innovative tools to stop white-nose syndrome in its tracks. In the depths of winter, bats across North America are waking from hibernation dangerously early, plagued with a disease that’s killing millions of their peers.
White-Nose Syndrome - National Invasive Species Information …
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is an infectious disease responsible for unprecedented levels of mortality among hibernating bats in North America. WNS was first detected in Indiana in January 2011 during routine winter hibernacula surveys conducted by Division of …
White-nose syndrome vaccine update and research on host …
Jul 12, 2023 · White-nose syndrome (WNS), caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), has decimated many North American bat populations.
White-Nose Syndrome | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
Feb 1, 2018 · White-nose syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease that has caused catastrophic population declines of bats in eastern North America, is rapidly spreading across the continent and now threatens previously unexposed bat species in western North America.
Ecology and impacts of white-nose syndrome on bats
Jan 18, 2021 · The fungal pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans, which causes white-nose syndrome in bats, has devastated bat populations in North America since its introduction from Eurasia in the...
White-nose Syndrome FAQs - U.S. National Park Service
White-nose syndrome (WNS) has been spreading across North America from near Albany, N.Y., since the winter of 2006-2007. This fungal disease has killed millions of bats, devastating 90-100% of some bat populations. The disease is complex - learn more about it …
White-nose Syndrome - Bats (U.S. National Park Service)
Nov 1, 2024 · White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a fatal disease of hibernating bats caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd for short). The fungus infects bats while they are hibernating over winter. Researchers first discovered the …