Glacier National Park has confirmed its first case of white-nose syndrome (WNS) after a deceased little brown bat found near St. Mary in May tested positive for the disease. Officials have also confirmed the presence of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus that causes WNS, in live bats on the east side of the…

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — Halloween has come and gone, but bats in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) are facing something scary. YNP announced that while park biologists conducted bat population research this summer, they encountered the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (referred to as “Pd”) on 28 little brown bats…