Here you will find a list of articles and research pertaining to White Nose Syndrome.
- White-Nose Syndrome
BatCon (Bat Conservation International)
no date, ongoing - White-Nose Syndrome: Something is killing our bats
(Contains more links and infographics.)
FWS (US Fish & Wildlife Services)
no date, ongoing - What can you do to help?
FWS
no date, ongoing - White-nose Syndrome threatens the survival of hibernating bats in North America
USGS (US Geological Survey)
no date, ongoing - White-Nose Syndrome (WNS)
USGS
no date, ongoing
Missoulian- Attack on the Bat Cave (Bats Under Attack)
The Why Files - Bat White-Nose Syndrome in North America
Microbe Magazine
June, 2011 - Federal Agents Grapple with Deadly Bat Plague (audio file)
KUAF.org
May 31, 2011
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Reuters
May 26, 2011
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Discovery
April 4, 2011 - WNS
PLoS ONE
March 21, 2011
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Live Science
February 2, 2011 - Investigating and Managing the Rapid Emergence of White-Nose Syndrome, a Novel, Fatal, Infectious Disease of Hibernating Bats (pdf)
(Information-heavy, lots of resources)
Conservation Biology
February 1, 2011 - In Deadly Frog and Bat Plagues, Eerie Similarities
Live Science
January 14, 2011 - Management of the Panzootic White-Nose Syndrome through Culling of Bats (pdf)
(Information-heavy)
Conservation Biology
November 10, 2010 - Investigating and managing the rapid emergence of White-Nose Syndrome, a novel, fatal, infectious disease of hibernating bats (pdf)
USGS - Mysterious Bat-Killing Disease Appears Harmless in Europe
Live Science
September 20, 2010 - Wing pathology of white-nose syndrome in bats suggests life-threatening disruption of physiology
(Also contains many references not previously linked here.)
BMC Biology
August 19, 2010 - Warming Caves Could Curtail ‘Bat Plague’
Discovery
August 18, 2010 - A Destructive Epidemic
The New York Times: The Opinion Pages
August 9, 2010 - ‘Scary Stuff’: Most Common U.S. Bat Headed to Extinction
Live Science
August 5, 2010 - US Bats Flying Toward Extinction
Discovery
August 5, 2010 - White-Nose Syndrome Fungus (Geomyces destructans) in Bats, Europe
(Research. Has a lot of references not previously linked here.)
CDC
August, 2010 - White-Nose Syndrome Fungus (Geomyces destructans) in bats, Europe (pdf)
CDC
August, 2010 - Bat Caves Closed to Fight Deadly Fungus Foe
Live Science
May 2, 2009 - Bat Caves Closed to Fight Deadly Fungus Foe
Live Science
May 2, 2009 - Caves, ex-mines closed to help bats beat fungus
MSNBC / Associated Press
May 1, 2009 - Bat Death Mystery Solved
(the fungus as the cause or sole cause, while broadly accepted, is still in dispute)
Live Science
October 30, 2008 - Why are thousands of bats dying in New York?
MSNBC / Associated Press
February 14, 2008
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Information via social media:
USFWS Facebook group about WNS
https://www.facebook.com/usfwswns
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USFWS Twitter feed specifically about WNS
@USFWS_WNS
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Follow SmileyBat on Twitter
@SmileyBat
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2011
June 4, 2011
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2010
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