SACRAMENTO – Thanks to a Bay Area wildlife ecologist and a 12-year-old girl, California might get its own official state bat this year—the pallid bat. On Feb. 17, state Sen. Caroline Menjivar, D-San ...

California now has a state bat just in time for Halloween.Senate Bill No. 732, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Oct. 8, established the Pallid bat as the official state bat. In the bill ...

Thanks to a Bay Area wildlife ecologist and a 12-year-old girl, California might get its own official state bat this year -- the pallid bat. On Feb. 17, state Sen. Caroline Menjivar, D-San Fernando ...

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