Little Brown Bat; Close-up of Nose with Fungus (IMAGE)

National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS)

Little Brown Bat; Close-up of Nose with Fungus

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A mathematical model has found culling to be an ineffective strategy for controlling the deadly white-nose syndrome, a disease that has killed an estimated one million bats in North America.

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Photo courtesy Ryan von Linden/New York Department of Environmental Conservation

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