US bat decline triggered pesticide surge, 1,300 baby deaths: study
"Ecologists have been warning us that we're losing species left and right... and that will potentially have catastrophic impacts on humanity," author Eyal Frank, of the University of Chicago, told AFP.
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This undated photo courtesy of the US Fish & Wildlife Service shows the little brown bat hanging at Greeley Mine in Stockbridge, Vermont affected by white-nose syndrome. AFP photo
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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