A deadly fungal disease impacting bat populations has now been detected west of the Continental Divide in Colorado for the first time, raising concerns among wildlife officials. While Colorado has ...

GRAND COUNTY, Colo — A trio of bats found at Rocky Mountain National Park have tested positive for an often deadly disease. Officials said two of the bats were found on the west side of the park, ...

North America's bats have been fighting a battle with a fungus for years leaving 90% of bats in some areas dead but until just recently, Colorado bats haven't had to fight. That's now changed.

The bats are the first to be discovered with rabies in each of the Colorado counties in 2024. In Arapahoe County, a bat found near Quincy Avenue and Santa Fe Drive in Englewood tested positive. Two ...

The first Colorado bat infected with white-nose syndrome was found near La Junta, state wildlife officials announced, raising fears of a disastrous spread of the fungus-caused disease wreaking havoc ...

OTERO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- Colorado has its first confirmed case of white-nose syndrome, a disease that's killed millions of bats in North America. According to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the ...

DENVER (KDVR) — It was just a routine evaluation of a bat for members of a wildlife center care team, but after noticing some different characteristics, the believed-to-be typical Colorado bat turned ...

Wild evening bat - Nycticeius humeralis - is a species of bat in the vesper bat family that is native to North America side head face profile view of eyes and ears© Chase D'animulls/Shutterstock.com ...