A Lethal Epidemic (IMAGE)

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A Lethal Epidemic

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White nose syndrome is a fungal infection that damages collagen in bats. In less than a decade, more than 6 million bats in North America have died from the syndrome.

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Photo: Ryan von Linden/N.Y. Department of Environmental Conservation

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