"Fire will increase the temperature in that cave and environment and the bats will not survive." Authorities are also working on weed and feral animal control in the bats' foraging area.

A fungus responsible for killing millions of bats across North America has been confirmed in Arizona for the first time, state wildlife officials announced Thursday. Samples collected from a cave ...

A “very clever” bat-eared fox escaped from its habitat at a California zoo — but it may not have gone far, the zoo reported. Keepers at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert ...

A bat that was part of the cave myotis species in Fort Huachuca, just west of Sierra Vista, tested positive for a fungus known as Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) that can cause deadly white-nose ...

Photo from The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens A “very clever” bat-eared fox escaped from its habitat at a California zoo — but it may not have gone far, the zoo reported. Keepers at The ...