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You could call this week a little “batty.”It’s “Bat Week” - an international celebration of the role of bats in nature. And Halloween is Sunday, with bats a staple of that holiday’s frightful decorations.But in reality, biologists say our environment would be a more frightening place without bats.In this week’s Enlighten Me, Delaware Public Media’s Joe Irizarry chats with Holly Niederriter, a bat expert with DNREC, about this often-misunderstood creature.
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You could call this week a little “batty.”It’s “Bat Week” - an international celebration of the role of bats in nature. And Halloween is Sunday, with bats a staple of that holiday’s frightful decorations.But in reality, biologists say our environment would be a more frightening place without bats.In this week’s Enlighten Me, Delaware Public Media’s Joe Irizarry chats with Holly Niederriter, a bat expert with DNREC, about this often-misunderstood creature.
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This time of year, female bats are getting ready to have their pups. They’re seeking out darker, hot places like woodlands, and even peoples’ barns,…
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Updated on Oct. 31 after Delaware's Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced they've received more funding to study White Nose…
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Delaware is using federal funds it recently received to fight a fungal disease in bats, but state officials still see work to do to combat it. Fort…
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Delaware is among the states receiving federal funds to help contain and eradicate White Nose Syndrome in bats.White Nose Syndrome is a fungal disease…
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Delaware will receive federal money to address White Nose Syndrome, an illness on the rise among the bat population nationally.The government has awarded…
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Next month, the northern long-eared bat will officially gain status as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The decline of this bat…