A national organization of recreational cavers is questioning a new estimate of the number of bats killed by a mysterious ailment.

Recent developments are giving the wildlife community hope that a bat die-off from White Nose Syndrome can be thwarted.

We hear about the new positive developments in the battle against white nose syndrome in bats and get an update on the economic advancements underway in Newport.

A Vermont-based group trying to slow the spread of a fatal bat disease is suing a federal agency in hopes of blocking a recreational caving expedition in Colorado.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will consider protecting two species of bats that have been threatened by "white nose syndrome." That's a disease that has quickly spread through many bat species and killed more than one million animals.

The Interior Department has just launched a new federal plan to combat white nose syndrome, a disease that has already killed more than a million bats.

The federal government has launched a plan to combat white nose syndrome, the disease that has killed more than a million bats over the past few years. And research continues into the spread of the disease, how to manage it and how to protect bats.

State fish and wildlife officials are hoping homeowners will help insure the survival of the once-common little brown bat. Populations of the species have plummeted in recent years due to a disease known as white-nose syndrome.

Vermont conservationists are warning that a disease responsible for killing millions of bats in the eastern United States is moving west. 

Similar to past winters, the Fish and Wildlife department is tracking changes in bat behavior as a result of White Nose Syndrome, which has afflicted hibernating bats throughout the state.

VPR's Susan Keese visits an abandoned mine in Windham County with researchers working to save the bats from extinction.

Researchers have identified several drugs that work - at least in a laboratory - against the fungus that's destroying hibernating bat populations.

VPR's Jane Lindholm gets an update on the status of the bat illness White Nose Syndrome from Vermont Fish & Wildlife Biologist Scott Darling.

Learn about the beauty spelunkers find in the state's 150 known caves. And, get an update on White Nose Syndrome, the fungus that has been killing the bats that live in these caves. Plus, VPR's Ross Sneyd provides analysis of the week's top political news.  And we listen back to to the voices in the news this week.

Biologists say a winter survey of bats in New Hampshire shows that five of eight species have been affected by a fatal disease that has spread to bats in at least 11 states.

A mysterious bat disease that was first detected in upstate New York and quickly spread to caves in Vermont may be on the verge of sweeping across the country.

Researchers trying to slow the spread of a disease that has killed more than a million bats are testing anti-fungal solutions in a hard-hit hibernation cave.

The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife wants to hear from people who spot bats outside this winter.

An advocacy group alarmed over the mass die-off of bats with white-nose syndrome has asked the Department of Interior to close all bat caves and mines on federal land nationwide.

VPR's Jane Lindholm joins a group of biologists at the Greely Mine in Stockbridge to place healthy bats from Wisconsin in a cave to see if they contract white nose syndrome.