We know that diseases can occasionally jump from species to species, including from other species to humans, but scientists have found why diseases from bats are more deadly to humans than any other.
Why are bats dying in North America? An estimated 6.7 million bats have died since 2006 because of an outbreak of white-nose syndrome, a fast-moving disease that has wiped out entire colonies and left ...
Halloween may still be a few months away, but many Rhode Island residents are already facing a spooky situation: an “unprecedented” bat season. On social media, officials with the Rhode Island ...
Three studies in elite journals found that tumors are littered with microbes. But several teams have been unable to replicate the work. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer has reported on the body’s ...
As humans encroach further on the natural world, researchers warn that 75% of novel diseases are transmitted from wildlife As the world’s first case of a parasitic roundworm infecting a human ...
These rare, mysterious carnivores aren’t after insects or blood: They want rodents, songbirds, and even other bats. This story appears in the July 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine.
A fast-moving disease is killing bats across North America. We need your help to stop it. White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats since it was first discovered in the U.S. Northeast in 2006.
White-nose syndrome has been confirmed in Mystery Cave in the Pryor Mountains, currently the largest known hibernation cave in Montana, supporting around 600 myotis bats during winter. Mystery ...
Oil and gas production, tourism and the federal government drive New Mexico’s economy. Federal technology labs, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories, are two of the ...
Police in New Mexico are investigating after they said a dead baby was found in a hospital restroom last week. According to a release from law enforcement, hospital staff found the baby's body at ...
WNS, the disease caused by the cold-adapted fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), has killed millions of North American bats since its detection in New York in 2006. WNS has been confirmed in ...
Texas bats are dwindling in numbers as a fungal disease spreads among the species nationwide. In 2020, the first case of white-nose syndrome was detected in a Texas bat at the U.S. Army base ...
