Bat disease that could devastate Colorado’s ecosystem found; public asked to be on the lookout

Wildlife officials are asking the public to be on the lookout for sick or dead bats after a little brown bat, infected with a disease caused by an invasive fungus that has killed millions of bats across North America, was found crawling on a bike path in Longmont. The infected bat, discovered late last month, was only the second bat ever in Colorado to show clinical signs of the deadly bat disease, known as white-nose syndrome, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said Monday announcing the discovery. A third bat with the...