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DEADLY, BAT-KILLING EPIDEMIC TRAVELED BY SHOE A fungus that has caused the deaths of millions of North American bats traveled here on the bottom of a human shoe.

  From Discovery News New clues are helping explain the mysteries surrounding white-nose syndrome, a devastating epidemic that has killed more than five and a half million bats in the eastern United States and Canada in just a few years. In the latest advance, the strongest evidence yet suggests that infection with a suspected fungus causes the deadly disease. What’s more, the fungus appears to have traveled to North America from Europe, most likely on a human shoe. Follow this link for the full story and to watch… Read More →