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"Scientists 'Race Against Time' To Fight Lethal Bat Disease" [1]

"KINGMAN ISLAND, D.C. — Here come the inside-the-Beltway bats, some scarred survivors of an insidious disease.

On a man-made island in the often-forgotten Anacostia River one evening last week, train rumbles and an occasional copter overhead shout city, but the wooded island feels a world apart.

It feels like: habitat.

For the big brown bat, silver-haired bat and several other species, Kingman Island and nearby Heritage Island provide a mostly restful home within a metropolitan area. Last Thursday evening, about 20 people showed up to check on the critters."

Michael Doyle reports for Greenwire August 28, 2017. [2]

Science [3]
Wildlife [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [5]
Public [6]
Source: Greenwire [2], 08/29/2017
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/scientists-race-against-time-fight-lethal-bat-disease
[2] https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1060059239
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic
[6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81