Sounding the bat alarm
By Mike Lynch
Report: White-nose syndrome has wiped out New York and Adirondack bat populations
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Facing extinction: The plight of New York’s tricolored bat
By Lauren Yates
Populations of hibernating bats continue to see dramatic population losses due to white-nose syndrome
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Let sleeping bats lie?
By Ry Rivard
Biologists fear Moriah clean-energy project threatens endangered species of bats that winter in Barton Hill's underground mines.
Good news for bats
By Phil Brown
Little brown bats were once the most widespread .bat species in New York State, but its population has declined about 90 percent since the discovery of white-nose syndrome in a cave south of Albany several years ago. Now there may be a bit of good news: the latest survey of caves in the Albany region…
Scientists pin down cause of bat disease
By Phil Brown
A study published in the journal Nature confirms that the disease decimating bat colonies in New York and many other states is caused by a fungus known as Geomyces destructans. Known as white-nose syndrome, the disease causes lesions on the bats’ skin and a white growth on their muzzles. Since its discovery in a cave…
Bats’ survival at stake
Scientists find few signs of hope as white-nose syndrome continues to ravage hibernating species in the Adirondacks, the rest of the state, and much of the East. By Winnie Yu In the five years since scientists first diagnosed white-nose syndrome, the population of bats in the Adirondack Park has plunged so dramatically that their very…
Bat die-off continues
By Phil Brown
White-nose syndrome, the disease decimating bat populations in the Northeast and beyond, is believed to have spread to all known bat caves in New York, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The fungal disease has reduced the populations of some bat species in the state by 90 percent since it was first documented…
Our vanishing bats
By Phil Brown
Over the past four years, the number of endangered Indiana bats in New York State has plummeted about 50 percent. And that’s the good news. The populations of other bat species in the state have fallen as much as 90 percent. State biologist Al Hicks told the Adirondack Park Agency on Thursday that three species—the…