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Recent Fungal Disease Killing Bats In New York

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Paul King III, an educator at SOFO, holding a taxidermy bat. ELIZABETH VESPE

Paul King III, an educator at SOFO, holding a taxidermy bat. ELIZABETH VESPE

A taxidermy bat at SOFO. ELIZABETH VESPE

A taxidermy bat at SOFO. ELIZABETH VESPE

A taxidermy bat at SOFO. ELIZABETH VESPE

A taxidermy bat at SOFO. ELIZABETH VESPE

A taxidermy bat at SOFO. ELIZABETH VESPE

A taxidermy bat at SOFO. ELIZABETH VESPE

A taxidermy bat at SOFO. ELIZABETH VESPE

A taxidermy bat at SOFO. ELIZABETH VESPE

authorElizabeth Vespe on Nov 11, 2019
An estimated 6.7 million bats have died in the United States since 2006, the cause being a fungal outbreak known as white-nose syndrome. The largest bat population hit by the... more

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