WHITE NOSE SYNDROME

The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on Nov. 29 in a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease.

Disease causes bat populations to dwindle across North America Over six million bats have died since 2007 because of the White Nose Syndrome. Don Dahler reports on how the effects of the disease could be catastrophic.