Area of Focus: Disease

The State of the Bats in North America report documents threats facing bats across the continent

Highly pathogenic H5N1 turned up among hundreds of dead seals in Maine

Officials are now keeping an eye out for signs of the disease in bats

Other condors await testing for the deadly virus

It’s the first mammal in the state known to have contracted the virus

Research on rabies management in South America reveals the shortcomings of some techniques

Plasticosis can cause scarring in digestive tracts

The virus was responsible for at least three bald eagle deaths in Georgia

South African ungulates introduced decades ago have expanded exponentially in Chihuahuan Desert

But scientists warn against using them due to unforeseen ecological consequences