Stories indexed under: Bats
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- Bad news for bats: deadly fungus persists in caves Dec. 14, 2012 Researchers have found that the organism that causes deadly white-nose syndrome persists in caves long after it has killed the bats in those caves. A study just published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology shows that the fungus can survive in soil for months, even years, after the bats have departed.