Tiny bats provide ‘glimmer of hope’ against a fungus threatening entire species

Alyssa Bennett, small mammals biologist for the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, inspects a dead bat in a cave in Dorset (AP)

US scientists studying bat species that have been hit hard by the fungus that causes white nose syndrome say there is a glimmer of good news over the disease that has killed millions of bats across North America.

The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife says the population of New England’s largest bat colony shows signs of more bats being able to tolerate the disease.