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Published online 5 March 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.142
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Warmer caves may save bats from deadly fungus
Shivering bats need help to fight off white-nose syndrome.
Researchers are hoping that heated bat boxes can curtail the number of bats dying from white-nose syndrome — a condition that has decimated hibernating bats across the northeastern United States.
As many as half a million bats have died from the poorly understood ailment since it was discovered in New York state in 2006.
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