White-Nose Syndrome Photo Gallery

NWHC wildlife pathologist Nancy Thomas performs a necropsy on a bat suspected of having White-Nose Syndrome.

NWHC wildlife pathologist Nancy Thomas and technician Dottie Johnson perform a necropsy on a bat at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, WI.

A bat with white-nose syndrome (WNS) undergoing a necropsy to help identify its cause of death.

Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department bat biologist Scott Darling, outside a Vermont cave containing affected bats.

Cluster of little brown bats in crevice outside an affected cave in Vermont.

Dead bats at a cave entrance in Vermont.

Biologist entering the entrance of a cave containing bats with white-nose syndrome in Vermont.

Bat clusters near the entrance of a Vermont cave.

Biologist navigating large rocks inside a Vermont cave.

Hibernating bats on wall of a cave in Vermont.

Little brown bat with wing damage in Vermont.

Close up of wing damage on a Little Brown bat in Vermont.

Hibernating bats in a Vermont cave.

Close up of hibernating bats in a Vermont cave.

Dead bats on the ground in a Vermont cave.

Bats in torpor with water droplets on their fur (condensation on the bats indicates that they are at ambient temperature; they have lowered their body temperature down about even with cave temperature).

Biologists and technicians preparing to enter a New York mine containing bats with WNS.

Fungal covered items in NY mine (likely scat).

Entrance to mine in MA containing affected bats.

USFWS and MA Division of F&W biologists in MA mine containing bats with WNS.

Close up of water droplet covered hibernating bat in MA mine.

Affected WNS bats in MA mine.

Dr. David Blehert working in his laboratory at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center.

A little brown bat found in a New York cave exhibits fungal growth on its muzzle, ears and wings. Photo by Al Hicks, NY Dept of Environ. Conservation.

Little brown bat with fungus on muzzle. Photo by Al Hicks, NY Dept of Environ. Conservation.

Little brown bats in NY hibernation cave. Most of the bats exhibit fungal growth on their muzzles. Photo by Nancy Heaslip, NY Dept of Environ. Conservation.

Little brown bats in NY cave. Photo by Al Hicks, NY Dept of Environ. Conservation.

Scientists enter abandoned mine where bats hibernate in NY.

USGS wildlife disease specialist Kim Miller outside of an abandoned mine where bats hibernate in NY.

USGS wildlife disease specialist Kim Miller collecting environmental samples in an abandoned mine where bats hibernate in NY.

USGS scientists conducting necropsy on bats (Jay Schneider, left, Dr. David Blehert, right) at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center.