http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/logos/usgs_only.jpg http://gallery.usgs.gov/ en-us OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/USGS.gif http://gallery.usgs.gov/ http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_28_2011_ydt2WJi77Q_03_28_2011_0 Insect-eating bats provide a great pest-control service to agriculture and natural ecosystems.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_28_2011_ydt2WJi77Q_03_28_2011_1 This spotted bat, native to western North America, is a hibernating insect-eating bat that may be at risk as the disease white-nose syndrome moves westward.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_28_2011_d28Kc54BAu_03_28_2011_0 Scientists have found that wind turbines are causing fatalities of certain species of migratory insect-eating bats, although a March 2011 study in Science suggests that solutions to reduce the impacts of wind turbines on bats may be possible.

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