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  • FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2010, file photo  Dave Redell, a bat ecologist with the state Department of Natural Resources, stands near the steel bat cupola that covers the opening to the Neda mine near Horicon, Wis. Bats save American farmers at least $3.7 billion a year in pest-control costs by eating insects that feed on crops, a benefit that could be in jeopardy as a disease that has killed more than a million bats in the Northeast spreads to the Midwest. (AP Photo/The Capital Times, Michelle Stocker, File)

    Study: Bat disease may increase farm pesticide use

    A group of researchers says the threat posed to bats by a fatal disease isn't just a threat to the animals but to American agriculture, one they believe farmers and consumers alike scarcely appreciate.


  • Bird-watching soars as hobby

    DEAL ISLAND, Md. (AP) — Jim Rapp has one hand on the wheel and the other holding a pair of binoculars as he slowly drives his truck down a gravel drive on the banks of a Chesapeake Bay marsh.


  • Nation's symbol at risk no more

    What better time than Independence Day to celebrate the symbol of our nation, the bald eagle. By now I'm sure you've heard that the white-headed, majestic bird was removed from the Endangered Species Act's "threatened" list by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. It's one of the greatest stories in wildlife restoration.


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