Flashback Friday: Dime Store Turtle
Today's Flashback Friday is a look at the red-eared slider's journey from popular pet store item to pesky invasive species.
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Flashback Friday: Three to Tango
In honor of Valentine's Day, today's Flashback Friday is a look at the love lives of the Sierra newt.
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Flashback Friday: What’s all the commotion?
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…
The Vibrant, Vivacious, 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…
The Curious Case of the 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…
Photo Friday: Black, Orange, and Fuzzy All Over
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…
Fish & Feathers: Salmon Promote Songbird Diversity
Watersheds that support salmon benefit from an annual influx of nutrients delivered by this migrating fishy convoy. When salmon return to Read More…
American Dippers Defy Songbird Stereotypes
Songbirds aren’t typically thought of as water-loving fowl, but the American dipper (Cinculus mexicanus) breaks from that stereotype. Read More…
Bird Bonanza: Sooty Shearwater Migration
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…
Studying a Swamp Soundscape
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…