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Coverage dated November 28, 2022

US bat species devastated by fungus now listed as endangered

Headline from WTOP Washington DC

The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease.

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  1. WTOP Washington DC

    US bat species devastated by fungus now listed as endangered (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WTOP Washington DC's feed description

    The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease.

  2. Park Rapids Enterprise

    Northern long-eared bat officially declared endangered (opens Park Rapids Enterprise)

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    Park Rapids Enterprise's feed description

    The bat, once common across northern Minnesota forests, has been decimated by white-nose syndrome.

  3. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    U.S. bat species devastated by fungus now listed as endangered (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease.

  4. New Hampshire Public Radio

    Northern long-eared bat, devastated by a fungus, is now listed as endangered (opens New Hampshire Public Radio)

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    New Hampshire Public Radio's feed description

    The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease.

  5. Portland Press Herald

    Northern U.S. bat species devastated by fungus is now listed as endangered (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    First documented in the U.S. in 2006, the disease has infected 12 types of bats and killed millions, including in Maine.

  6. Courthouse News Service

    Northern long-eared bat reclassified as endangered species (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    The species has been listed as threatened since 2015, but continued population declines caused by a deadly fungus prompted its new classification.

  7. Los Angeles Times

    Biden administration declares northern long-eared bats endangered (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    The Biden administration is designating the northern long-eared bat, threatened by white-nose syndrome, as an endangered species.

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