About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of white nose syndrome on bat populations in national parks.

A growing majority of bat species are in serious trouble, largely because of white nose syndrome, a deadly fungal disease that resembles a white fuzz on infected bats. As the disease has spread across the country, it's decimated bat populations – killing upwards of 99 percent of some populations – and turned up in many national parks. As part of the National Parks Traveler's Threatened and Endangered Species Project, contributing writer Kim O'Connell has been looking into the situation with bat species.

People in this episode

Host: Kurt Repanshek

Guest: Kim O'Connell

Topics covered

• bats
• conservation
• wildlife disease
• national parks
• endangered species

Keywords

• bats
• white nose syndrome
• fungal disease
• national parks
• endangered species
• conservation
• wildlife

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Parks Traveler

Places: national parks

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