Fungi
WASHINGTON - One of the most common bat species could face extinction in the Northeast within decades due to white-nose syndrome, a disease now rapidly spreading.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Even Batman isn't immune from an eviction notice these days.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Thousands of caves and abandoned mines on federal land in five states will be off limits to explorers for the next year to help prevent humans from inadvertently spreading a disease that's fatal to bats.
DENVER - Federal scientists say an exotic fungus spreading through Rocky Mountain forests is threatening Colorado's oldest trees - the gnarled limber and bristlecone pines that can live longer than 2,000 years.
