Do bats live close to my house? Why are they important? Do they have rabies? How can people help take care of urban wildlife? How can we involve more people in conservation and community science, particularly people from historically excluded groups? Come with me and Miguel Ordeñana to Griffith Park in Los Angeles, where we discuss all of this and so much more.

Links:

Bat Motherhood

Benefits of Bats

CDC Page on Human Rabies

National Science Foundation STEM Diversity Report

NHMLA's Community Science Projects

LA Times article on lead removal project

Jaguars and Obsession for Men

My website is goldenstatenaturalist.com

Merch

You can find me @goldenstatenaturalist on Instagram and TikTok

The theme song is called "i dunno" by grapes, and you can find it here.