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White Nose Syndrome (WNS) articles and information:

Voice of America, June, 2009 - Tom Kunz discusses the implications of WNS in this video:
June, 2009 - Dr. Kunz participates in a Congressional hearing on WNS - read more here and here
National Speleogical Society White Nose Syndrome page
May, 2009 - New Jersey Star Ledger - Disease leads to steep decline in New Jersey bat population
April, 2009 - Boston Globe - Sick bats' PR problem could prove to be deadly
March, 2009 - Video - White Nose Syndrome at Aeolus Cave in Vermont
In the Dark - Nature Conservancy Magazine's Spring 2009 article on WNS
Die-off of bats is linked to new fungus - LA Times article, October 2008
Beth Daley's article in the Boston Globe "What Are These Bats Telling Us About the Environment We Live In?"; Follow-up article - July 28, 2008.
U.S.G.S white nose syndrome page
Bat Conservation and Management WNS information page

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Dr. Kunz was interviewed about his bat research on WGBH's 'One Guest' program - May 19, 2009

CECB Faculty Associate Karen Warkentin's work on red-eyed treefrog embryo behavior featured on the NSF multimedia gallery website.

"Gone bats over Aeroecology" at NSF
Dr. Kunz's research and the emerging discipline of aeroecology are featured on the NSF "Discoveries" website. Kunz uses NEXRAD Doppler radar to identify and document the movement of bats in the aerosphere, and to help us understand how organisms are affected by changing atmospheric conditions as well as anthropogenic factors.