The first white-nose syndrome map update of 2015 comes following the announcement of Pd being detected in a cave in Wisconsin’s Dane County. Read More
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced on Friday that it has received its first reports this winter of bats dying from White-nose Syndrome. Read More
Early winter surveillance of 15 Wisconsin caves revealed that two bats in a single Dane County cave tested positive for Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome. Read More
The discovery of several new roosts of Wroughton’s Free-tailed Bats (Otomops wroughtoni) in a number of Indian caves has increased the number of known individuals of the rare species to nearly 200. Read More
A man who pleaded guilty to swimming in the Cave & Basin National Historic Site in Canada’s Banff National Park will have to pay $4,500 in fines. Read More
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed a special rule to protect the Northern Long-eared Bat (myotis septentrionalis) amid doubts that the endangered listing it recommended in October 2013 will be accepted. Read More
Bulgaria has nominated Magurata Cave to be included in UNESCO’s list of cultural and natural heritage sites. Read More
Officials have renewed the closure order of caves in Indiana’s Hoosier National Forest. Read More
With the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act on December 19, 2014 by President Obama, the long awaited expansion to the Oregon Caves National Monument is a reality. Read More
The Canadian Government announced yesterday that three bat species have been added to Schedule 1 of the Canadian Species at Risk Act (SARA). The Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus), the … Read More
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