White-nose syndrome, a disease caused by a cold-loving fungus, has killed more than 6 million bats since it was first detected in an upstate New York cave in 2006.

A little brown bat with white-nose syndrome hangs in Greeley Mine, Vt., in March 2009. The disease is spreading across the country, currently affecting bat populations in 19 states.

FRANKLIN, W.Va., April 3, 2009 — -- A mysterious fungus is killing off thousands of bats around the country.Scientists are calling it white-nose syndrome, because of the distinctive white ...

The National Park Service said two bats on the west side of the park and one bat on the east side of the park were found with the disease.

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Wisconsin had over 15,000 bats counted by community scientists, offering hope for populations affected by white-nose syndrome.

ROSENDALE, N.Y.—Deadly white-nose syndrome is striking more bats over a larger area this winter, reaching south into New Jersey and Pennsylvania and emptying caves in hard-hit areas like New York.

— -- A plague killing bats nationwide shows no sign of slowing, say biologists whose winter cave surveys indicate the "white-nose syndrome" that decimates bat populations is still spreading. ...

White-nose syndrome has decimated bat populations in Indiana. The disease, caused by a fungus, spreads from cave to cave where bats hibernate. News Sports Indy 500 Things To Do Opinion Advertise ...

Biologists first saw bats sick and dying from White-Nose Syndrome in 2007 in caves near Albany, New York. However, cave explorers in that area had spotted bats with a white powder on their noses ...

Samples taken from the LNF's Cottonwood Cave tested positive for white nose syndrome. A study found the deadly fungal infection killed 90% of bats within a decade.

Researchers in Rhode Island may be one step closer to figuring out how a mysterious disease known as white-nose syndrome is killing off bats across North America. A team of scientists led by Brown ...