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What is white-nose syndrome in bats?

  • Written by Winifred Frick, Associate Research Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Dr. Winifred Frick examines a bat for white-nose syndrome.Alan Hicks, CC BY-ND

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What is white-nose syndrome in bats? – Minti F., age 13, Boston, Massachusetts

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