Little brown bats found that appear to resist disease that has devastated species
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There is good news from Vermont this Christmas for the little brown bat, a threatened species that's hanging on to existence "by a tiny little fingernail," said a state conservationist who's watched them die by the millions in the Northeast from a mysterious disease.
Scientists who visited more than a dozen sites where the bats nest in the western part of the state found thriving colonies that appear to be resistant to white nose syndrome, a disease caused by an aggressive fungus.
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Felicia Sonmez, William Branigin 22 Dec, 2011
Felicia Sonmez, William Branigin --
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