Brown bats are extremely beneficial to backyards as they control insect populations.  It’s the natural order of things, no pesticides necessary.

Providing bat habitats, or bat houses, will greatly reduce insect populations in your environment.

Recently in the Northeastern US, brown bats have been discovered to be dying off by the thousands.  A mysterious fungus plagues them, and scientists are working dilligently to unravel the mysteries.  They fear an entire species may actually become extinct if an answer is not found soon.

You can learn about “White Nose Syndrome” in this amazing video clip.

White-nose Syndrome from Gerrit Vyn on Vimeo.