Scientists report the earliest known historical incidence of the fungus responsible for white-nose syndrome, the disease devastating North American bat populations. They detected the fungus on a bat specimen collected in France in 1918 and housed at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. The discovery provides more evidence that the disease originated in Europe and arrived in North America only recently.Read my post on the PLOS Ecology Blog: Fungus Responsible for White-Nose Syndrome Discovered on 100-Year-Old European Bat Specimen.