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Flashback Friday: Dime Store Turtle

Red-eared slider
Today's Flashback Friday is a look at the red-eared slider's journey from popular pet store item to pesky invasive species.  If a name Read More…
Tagged Under invasive species, turtle
April 10, 2020December 26, 2019 • Wildlife & Ecology

Flashback Friday: Three to Tango

Sierra newt amplexus
In honor of Valentine's Day, today's Flashback Friday is a look at the love lives of the Sierra newt. When love is in the air for Sierra Read More…
Tagged Under amphibians, reproduction
February 14, 2020December 26, 2019 • Wildlife & Ecology

Flashback Friday: What’s all the commotion?

American coot
Today's Flashback Friday is a profile of the American Coot – learn about how these birds favor their more attractive offspring! Ever on the Read More…
Tagged Under birds, wildlife
November 15, 2019October 31, 2019 • Wildlife & Ecology

The Vibrant, Vivacious, Varied Thrush

Varied thrush
With the look of a particularly flamboyant robin, the varied thrush (Izoreus naevius) is an eye-catching part-time resident in California Read More…
Tagged Under birds
November 13, 2019September 12, 2019 • Wildlife & Ecology

The Curious Case of the Jerusalem Cricket

Jerusalem cricket
Few insects in California are as strange as those in the genus Stenopelmatus, such as this individual spotted by one of our scientists in Read More…
Tagged Under insects
October 30, 2019September 9, 2019 • Wildlife & Ecology

Photo Friday: Black, Orange, and Fuzzy All Over

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Just in time for Halloween, today's photo Friday is a close-up of a woolly bear caterpillar. Easily identified by their distinctive orange Read More…
Tagged Under insects
October 25, 2019October 23, 2019 • Wildlife & Ecology

Fish & Feathers: Salmon Promote Songbird Diversity

Homestead_coho_salmon_Tillamook_Forest
Watersheds that support salmon benefit from an annual influx of nutrients delivered by this migrating fishy convoy. When salmon return to Read More…
Tagged Under birds, ecology
October 23, 2019September 12, 2019 • Wildlife & Ecology

American Dippers Defy Songbird Stereotypes

American Dipper
Songbirds aren’t typically thought of as water-loving fowl, but the American dipper (Cinculus mexicanus) breaks from that stereotype. Read More…
Tagged Under Big Chico Creek, birds
October 2, 2019September 9, 2019 • Wildlife & Ecology

Bird Bonanza: Sooty Shearwater Migration

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Mid-summer to mid-fall is a time when our Santa Cruz office and the rest of the Monterey Bay witnesses the arrival of thousands of Read More…
Tagged Under birds, migration, ocean, Santa Cruz, seabirds
August 28, 2019August 19, 2019 • Ocean & Bay-Delta, Wildlife & Ecology

Studying a Swamp Soundscape

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As visual creatures, humans rely heavily on their eyes to navigate the world, but this adaptation isn’t much help in the waters of a muddy Read More…
Tagged Under biodiversity, Costa Rica, insects, sound, wetlands
July 17, 2019July 15, 2019 • Wildlife & Ecology
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