The Endangered Species Act (ESA), often criticized for its perceived economic drawbacks, has a more nuanced and positive impact on property markets than previously thought, a new study led by...
EPIC scholar Eyal Frank told Mongabay that the gradual expansion of white-nose syndrome across the U.S. serves as a natural experiment to study how the loss of bats’ pest control...
In counties in the US affected by a bat-killing disease, there has been a 31 per cent increase in insecticide use and an 8 per cent rise in infant mortality
A collapse in North America's bat population led to a surge in pesticide use by farmers as an alternative way to protect crops from insects -- in turn triggering a...