The bats have returned! The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area is welcoming back the largest colony of Mexican free-tailed bats in California. The bats return each summer to give birth to their young and soar over the floodplain in a nightly bug-eating bonanza.
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/nrdc/unesco-protects-near-extinct-vaquita-habitat
A mysterious fungus that has killed millions of bats in the eastern United States and left caves littered with their tiny carcasses has arrived in Northern California and appears poised to spread throughout the state, according to officials.
What flies at night, can eat its own weight in bugs, and is the fastest mammal on Earth?
https://amp.sacbee.com/news/local/environment/article232524617.html
The flying animals help everyone with pest control by feasting on a horde of insects, including potentially harmful and disease ridden mosquitoes. On top of that, bat experts say these flying mammals provide several benefits for local agriculture.
https://www.chicoer.com/2019/07/23/butte-countys-bats-an-ally-for-farmers/amp/
