Bat disease confirmed in Missouri, likely to spread
Updated at 3:00 p.m. to clarify and expand description of white-nose syndrome.A disease that has killed millions of bats across the eastern U.S. has been confirmed in Missouri for the first time.
View ArticleWhite-Nose Syndrome: A scourge in the bat caves
A disease that has killed more than 5.5 million bats in the eastern United States and Canada is making its way west. White-nose syndrome has now been diagnosed in three Missouri bats — the first...
View ArticleEndangered bats on vacation in Missouri and Illinois - and why biologists are...
Biologists are tracking the Indiana bat at their summer locations through sites in Missouri and Illinois, hoping to gather information that will help numbers rebound for the endangered species.The bat...
View ArticleBats In Missouri, And Now Illinois, Just Can't Catch A Break
Updated at 4:10 p.m. to include quotes from IDNR and 4:23 p.m. to include map.Officials in Illinois have found the first cases of a devastating bat disease known as white-nose syndrome in that...
View ArticleBat disease confirmed in Missouri, likely to spread
Updated at 3:00 p.m. to clarify and expand description of white-nose syndrome. A disease that has killed millions of bats across the eastern U.S. has been confirmed in Missouri for the first time. The...
View ArticleWhite-Nose Syndrome: A scourge in the bat caves
A disease that has killed more than 5.5 million bats in the eastern United States and Canada is making its way west. White-nose syndrome has now been diagnosed in three Missouri bats — the first...
View ArticleEndangered bats on vacation in Missouri and Illinois - and why biologists are...
Biologists are tracking the Indiana bat at their summer locations through sites in Missouri and Illinois, hoping to gather information that will help numbers rebound for the endangered species. The bat...
View ArticleBats In Missouri, And Now Illinois, Just Can't Catch A Break
Updated at 4:10 p.m. to include quotes from IDNR and 4:23 p.m. to include map. Officials in Illinois have found the first cases of a devastating bat disease known as white-nose syndrome in that state....
View ArticleBat conservation the focus of international meeting this week in St. Louis
The fungal disease white-nose syndrome and other threats to bat survival will be at the top of the agenda of an international meeting being held this week in St. Louis. The conference is expected to...
View ArticleCan bats in a cemetery attract more wildlife to St. Louis?
The cemetery is an odd place to be at night. But for scientists who study bats, it's an opportunity to observe wildlife in an urban habitat. Last week, scientists and volunteers from the Whitney R....
View ArticleSurvey of northern Missouri's bat population in the works
The Missouri Department of Conservation is preparing to survey the bat population in the northern half of the state. Tony Elliott is a resource scientist with the conservation department. He said the...
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