Miguel Ordeñana

manager of the Community Science Program at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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You can help the Natural History Museum count bats and learn more about their roosting behaviors in urban Los Angeles.

Bats are your neighbors too. Help NHM count them in LA

You can help the Natural History Museum count bats and learn more about their roosting behaviors in urban Los Angeles.

from Greater LA

LA is home to 16 known species of bats. They are pollinators. They provide pest control. And they help keep diseases from spreading by eating lots of mosquitoes.

Bats in your backyard? A new project is tracking them

LA is home to 16 known species of bats. They are pollinators. They provide pest control. And they help keep diseases from spreading by eating lots of mosquitoes.

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