The search for survivors of the Van earthquake in eastern Turkey enters its third day, with 459 confirmed deaths and over 1,300 injured. (Reuters)(Daily Mail)
Turkey announces it will accept offers of aid from foreign countries to cope with the aftermath of the earthquake. (BBC)
American scientists confirm that a transmissible fungus, Geomyces destructans, is responsible for the white-nose syndrome that has decimated bat populations across North America since 2006. (BBC)