Buried beneath the pine trees of eastern Oregon lies the largest living organism ever discovered. Nicknamed the “Humongous Fungus,” this ancient lifeform stretches across more than 2,000 acres of ...

Hidden beneath a quiet patch of forest in eastern Oregon, a single organism has quietly conquered the landscape, killing trees as it spreads and knitting the soil together with living threads.

The fungus that causes the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats has been detected for the first time in Oregon. White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats across the U.S. by disrupting their ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats has been detected in Clatsop County, the first such discovery in Oregon, state wildlife officials said Friday. White-nose ...

Oregon’s bat populations could soon face a serious threat after the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome was detected in guano collected at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park on the state’s ...

A little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) at the Oregon Caves National Monument, shown here in a provided photo from 2025. Emma Busk / BLM White-nose syndrome is a fungal disease that grows on hibernating ...