Bats are a precious, but unheralded friend of farmers, providing consistent crop protection. Take away the colonies of pest killers and insect control costs would explode across farmland.
Researchers at Boston University estimated that bats’ annual pest control services in the U.S. are worth at least $3.7 billion and potentially as much as $53 billion. “The corn rootworm is a ...
In reality, the more than 1,300 bat species are vitally important to ecosystems and economies around the world: They perform pest control, they pollinate, and they disperse seeds. The 140,000 bat ...