For the first time in Oregon, a deadly fungal disease has been detected in the state's population of bats.

Two Columbia County bats and one Benton County bat have tested positive for white-nose syndrome, an invasive fungus thought to have come from Europe. Once infected, bats will begin acting erratically ...

A Little Brown Myotis and Long-eared Myotis (also known as Western Long-eared Bat) collected in 2025 from Bonner County, and one bat collected in 2026 from Kootenai County, tested positive for ...

A disease that has devastated North American bat populations for nearly 20 years has been confirmed in Idaho bats for the ...

A deadly fungal disease that has put at least one bat species on the federal Endangered Species List has been detected in ...

Officials announced the detection of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus that causes the disease, in 2025.

White-nose syndrome has been detected in bats for the first time in Oregon, impacting Columbia and Benton counties. Six Yuma myotis and one little brown myotis tested positive for the disease in March ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fungal disease threatening the survival of bats throughout the U.S. was found in a southeast New Mexico cave for the first time ...

The National Park Service announced in September that the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats was found at San Juan Island National Historical Park in Washington and on bat droppings at ...

White-nose syndrome - which has killed millions of bats across North America - has been detected for the first time in Oregon bats, found in Columbia and Benton counties, the Oregon Department of Fish ...

Three bats in north Idaho have tested positive for white-nose syndrome, the first cases of the disease in the state.

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats has been detected in Clatsop County, the first such discovery in Oregon, state wildlife officials said Friday. White-nose ...