Research posted May 15, 2013
Reichard, J.D., and T.H. Kunz. 2009. White-nose syndrome inflicts lasting injuries to the wings of little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus). Acta Chiropterologica 11: 457-464.
Research posted December 7, 2012
Authors: Carol U. Meteyer, Daniel Barber and Judith N. Mandl
Report posted July 9, 2012
2010 research progress report for evaluation of non-pathogenic bat skin microbes for antagonistic activity to Geomyces destructans from Sybill Amelon, U. S. Forest Service and Guy Knudsen, University of Idaho.
Report posted July 9, 2012
Hallam Progress Report (July 2011)
Report posted July 9, 2012
Barton Interim Report 3 (July 2011)
Report posted July 9, 2012
Barton Interim Report 2 (April 2011)
Report posted July 9, 2012
Barton Interim Report 1 (May 2010)
Data posted October 17, 2011
Wildlife notes (PDF form) of all PA Wildlife, including bats, from the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Data posted October 17, 2011
These life history accounts and range maps represent updated versions of the species information in the three-volume set "California's Wildlife" edited by Zeiner, D.C. et al 1988-1990. There are also accounts for 48 more species here than in the original publication, bringing the total up to 694.
Report posted September 1, 2011
This protocol was written in template format to assist state and federal agencies to effectively utilize wildlife rehabilitation in response to emerging White-nose Syndrome in North American cave-dwelling bats.
Report posted July 25, 2011
Hazel A. Barton, Ph.D. -- Northern Kentucky University, and Kevin Keel, DVM, Ph.D. -- University of Georgia
The propagation and decontamination of WNS in the environment (Identifying compounds to stop the fungus associated with WNS)
Report posted July 10, 2011
Thomas Hallam, Ph.D.-- University of Tennessee; Gary McCracken, Ph.D. -- University of Tennessee; Dobromir Dimitrov, Ph.D. -- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center-SCHARP; Paula Federico, Ph.D. -- Ohio State University; and Jeffery Nichols, Ph.D.
Report posted May 20, 2011
On July 14-16, 2010, an Insectivorous Bat Captive Population Feasibility Workshop was held at the Saint Louis Zoo in Saint Louis, Missouri, which was organized by FWS, BCI, and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and facilitated by CBSG.
Report posted April 24, 2011
Visit this site to report a dead or dying bat in Delaware.
Report posted July 14, 2010
A final report of the effects of white-nose syndrome on the insectivorous bat population.
Report posted May 4, 2010
In 2009, the Service authorized the Smithsonian National Zoo's Conservation
Biology Institute near Front Royal, Va., to begin an experiment to maintain
endangered Virginia big-eared bats in captivity.
Report posted April 15, 2010
Report posted April 15, 2010
Report posted March 30, 2010
Service Review of the Smithsonian Conservation Research Center's Virginia Big-eared Bat Captive Holding Project - March 30, 2010
Report posted March 8, 2010
Report posted March 5, 2010
Report posted January 1, 2010
David Blehert, Alan Hicks, Peter Youngbaer, and Thomas H. Kunz – USGS National Wildlife Health Center
Geographic Distribution of the Psychrophilic Fungus (Geomyces sp.) Associated with White-nose Syndrome
Report posted January 1, 2010
Sybill K. Amelon, Ph.D. -- USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station; Guy Knudsen, Ph.D. -- University of Idaho; Sara Oyler-McCance, Ph.D. -- U.S. Geological Survey, Rocky Mountain Center for Conservation Genetics and Systematics; and Lori Eggert, Ph.D. -- University of Missouri
Report posted December 30, 2009
USFWS and Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife Cooperative Agreement Report
Agreement No. 50181 – 9 – J106A
White Nose Syndrome Regional Surveillance 2009
Report posted October 1, 2009
An outline of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's plan to take action to address the problem of white-nose syndrome in bats.
Report posted July 1, 2009
Histopathologic criteria to confirm white-nose syndrome in bats (PDF 3.15MB) by Carol Uphoff Meteyer, Elizabeth L. Buckles, David S. Blehert, Alan C. Hicks, D. Earl Green, Valerie Shearn-Bochsler, Nancy J. Thomas, Andrea Gargas and Melissa J.
Report posted April 1, 2009
Geomyces destructans sp. nov. associated with bat white-nose syndrome (PDF 721KB) by A. Gargas, M.T. Trest, M.Christensen, T.J. Volk and D.S. Blehert, published in Mycotaxon, April-June 2009.
Report posted March 1, 2009
The status of white nose syndrome research as of March 2009.
Report posted January 1, 2009
DeeAnn M. Reeder, David S. Blehert, Elizabeth L. Buckles, Alan Hicks, and Ken A. Field – Bucknell University
Final report: Assessing Immune Competence in Bats Naturally Affected by WNS and in Bats Artificially Infected by the Suspected White-nose Syndrome (WNS) Pathogen.
Report posted January 1, 2009
Influence of climate and reproductive timing on demography of little brown myotis Myotis lucifugus, Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 79, Issue 1, pages 128-136. Winifred F. Frick, D.Scott Reynolds and Thomas H. Kunz (Sept. 11, 2009)
reichard_and_kunz_2009.pdf