ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 2月22日 23時10分

Biologists are searching caves and abandoned mines in the West, researching ways to spare many species of bats from a virulent and rapidly spreading invasive fungal disease called white-nose syndrome. “White-nose syndrome represents one of the most consequential wildlife diseases of modern times,” wrote the authors of one recent paper published in mSphere, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology. Since 2006, “the disease has killed millions of bats and threatens several formerly abundant species with extirpation or extinction.” Their loss could be consequential: Bats play a critical ecological role, pollinating plants in some places and controlling mosquitoes and other insects. Over the last decade, state, federal and tribal agencies, along with nonprofit organizations, have been working around the U.S. to try to get ahead of the disease and find a remedy to save the 47 species of bats in North America. So far the syndrome has defied the efforts. @kimraffphoto took this photo of western small-footed bat in a cave near Ely, Nevada. Visit the link in our profile to read more.

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