A bat that was part of the cave myotis species in Fort Huachuca, just west of Sierra Vista, tested positive for a fungus known as Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) that can cause deadly white-nose ...

The bat, a cave myotis, was found to have the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans after researchers conducting surveillance noticed suspicious wing abnormalities that might be related to the disease.

SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. – A cave myotis bat in Arizona has tested positive for the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, which causes white-nose syndrome in bats. Biologists found the bat at Fort ...

The common name of this bat is an honor of the Reverend John Henry Keen who, in 1894, obtained the first specimen from which the species was described. Keen’s myotis is brown in color, darker above ...

A bat that was part of the cave myotis species in Fort Huachuca, just west of Sierra Vista, tested positive for a fungus known as Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) that can cause deadly white-nose ...

Bats in southeastern Arizona have tested positive for a fungus that poses a threat to the species, prompting wildlife officials to urge the public to report any potential infections. A bat that ...