Symbiology - WNS Media Coverage
Cover Story Sunday WI State J.
DODGEVILLE - Bat researcher Dave Redell went to work trapping bats one night last week with the gloomy knowledge that, within two to three years, many of the animals caught in his nets could be dead.
by Ron Seely, posted September 5, 2009.
MSA talk covered in Science News
On plant invaders and bat fungus -- Reports from the Botany & Mycology 2009 meetingby Susan Milius August 29th, 2009; Vol.176 #5 (p. 13)
Bat WNS and a new species Geomyces destructans
We have isolated and cultured the associated psychrophilic fungus and causative agent of the White-Nose Syndrome cutaneous infection, a new species of Geomyces (Ascomycota, Helotiales).
Geomyces destructans fungus of the month
Read more at Tom Volk's fungus of the month
US Congressional hearings on bat WNS
Video from US Congressional Hearing
Bat White-Nose Syndrome Spreads to More States
From a center near Albany, NY, WNS has now spread to West Virginia and central Pennsylvania.White-Nose Syndrome Threatens the Survival of Hibernating Bats in North America
What is killing our bats?
Thousands of bats are dying in the US NE. We identified the associated fungus, potentially a new species of Geomyces.
Read about it on line at Science Express.
More Coverage
Bat Disease Fungus Identified, New York Times
Fungus May Be Culprit In Deadly Bat Epidemic, National Public Radio (NPR)
Fungus May Be Culprit In Deadly Bat Epidemic, Talk of the Nation, Listen Now
Deadly Bat Disease Linked to Cold-Loving Fungus, Brian Handwerk, National Geographic News
Die-off of bats is linked to new fungus, Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times
Nasty fungus may be killing bats, Will Dunham, Reuters
Die-off of bats linked to new fungus, UPI
What's Causing Bats to Drop Like Flies?, Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American
Deadly bat fungus fingered, The Scientist, UK
Bat syndrome's telltale white nose-mold new to science, Susan Milius, Science News
Bats Are Dying From White Nose Mold, But Researchers Don’t Know Why, Discover Magazine