Environmental

Fungus That Causes Deadly Bat Disease Spreads to Mississippi

White-nose Syndrome Has Already Killed Millions of Bats in United States

JACKSON, Miss.–(ENEWSPF)–June 12, 2014.  The fungus that causes the bat-killing disease known as white-nose syndromehas been detected for the first time in Mississippi. The fungus that has already spread to 25 states and killed millions of bats was detected in Mississippi this past winter, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Mississippi wildlife officials confirmed this week. Scientists studying the spread of white-nose syndrome…

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