Fungus’ toll on bats higher than estimated

WILDLIFE — Bad news for bats on this scale is bad news for all of us.  Check out this update from the Los Angeles Times on a story that’s been brewing for several years.

Researchers say white-nosed syndrome killed millions more bats than estimated
A team of 140 researchers from Canada and the United States say white-nose syndrome, a fungus blamed in the death of a broad range of hibernating bat species, has killed somewhere between 5.7 million to 6.7 million bats.