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 New Fungus 
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 Bat Die-Offs 

Scientists probe mass deaths in caves

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Oct 31, 08 9:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have identified a new fungus that might be responsible for the mass deaths of bats in the Northeast. If the findings are borne out, they could help researchers understand and eventually stop the contagion—dubbed white-nose syndrome—that has wiped out entire colonies in their caves, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

More about:  DNA • pesticide • bats • hibernation • U.S. Geological Survey

Author Offers Creepy Look at Critters With Taste for Blood

Bats, bedbugs, leeches, and mosquitoes have a common thirst

New York Times New York Times Oct 21, 08 8:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Halloween nearly upon us, the author of new book on bloodsucking creatures—vampire bats, bedbugs, leeches, and the like—leads the New York Times on a sanguivore safari. The world's bloodthirsty creatures vary enormously, as Bill Schutt details in Dark Banquet , and some are mere dabblers, but many specialists have evolved similar equipment: clot busters, natural painkillers—and very sharp teeth. More »

More about:  Halloween • insects • animals • biology • blood • bats • bedbugs

 Bat Deaths Perplex Scientists 

Syndrome could devastate population

Salon Salon Aug 1, 08 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Experts are still in the dark about what’s causing the deaths of vast numbers of bats in the Northeast, but some theories have emerged, Salon reports. Some scientists believe white-nose syndrome is driven by global warming, while others are looking hard at pesticides. In either case, humans may have instigated the threat, and the illness looks like a bad ecological omen. More »

More about:  global warming • illness • pesticide • animals • ecology • bees • bats • hibernation • fungus

 Deadly Disease Ravaging Bats  

Puzzling 'white nose syndrome' may be deadliest ever

New York Times New York Times Mar 25, 08 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mysterious syndrome is wiping out colonies of hibernating bats and baffling biologists, the New York Times reports. Experts don't know what causes the "white nose syndrome" or how it spreads, but they warn that bat populations in the Northeast are being devastated. Field researchers report bats flying out of caves in the middle of the day and dying in the snow. Some 90% of hibernating bats in four New York caves studied have died. More »

More about:  endangered species • wildlife • bats • biologists • hibernation • caves

Stranded by War, Forest Yields Treasures

Remote, unspoiled region of Congo conceals 6 new species

Reuters Reuters Aug 8, 07 6:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have discovered six animal species in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, an area closed to scientists for nearly 50 years. The region is rich in biodiversity, Reuters reports, and beyond the bat, rodents, frogs, and shrews found on a brief trip this past winter, the Wildlife Conservation Society may also have discovered new plant species. More »

More about:  animal • wildlife • Democratic Republic of Congo • species • frogs • ecology • bats

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