Study focused on bats and disease-causing fungus

Bats and the fungus that has led to widespread bat declines were the focus of a recently completed study by the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History. From 2018 to 2024, researchers conducted bat surveys to learn about Oklahoma’s bat community and test for the presence of the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome. The tricolored bat, a species of greatest conservation need, was of particular interest.