White Nose Bats

White nose syndrome fungus on a little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus - luci for short)

Photo from NYT story

links:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/science/25bats.html

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89764381

Now official in PA:

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/white-nose-syndrome-surfaces-in-pennsylvania,689045.shtml

And they're dying even earlier this year:

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/greenblog/2009/01/sick_bats_being_seen_earlier_t.html

October's national geographic:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081031-bat-fungus.html