White-nose Syndrome Death In Bats: First Prevention Proposed By Ecologists
Monday, March 9, 2009 - 22:28
in Health & Medicine
White-nose syndrome is a poorly understood condition that, in the two years since its discovery, has spread to at least seven Northeastern states and killed as many as half a million bats. Now researchers have suggested the first step toward a measure that may help save the affected bats: providing localized heat sources to the hibernating animals.