Endangered bats are evolving to fight off an exotic fungal disease

Mongabay
May 14, 2020, 7:28 am262 pts
A mysterious disease is wiping out one of the world’s smallest bats, the aptly named “little brown bat,” which has an extensive range across the United States and Canada. But these tiny mammals, which are classified as an endangered species by the IUCN and Canada’s Species at Risk Act, are turning out…

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