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Biggest Local Land Invertebrate? The Tarantula
July 01, 2012 by Michael Ellis
Q: What’s the largest underground-dwelling invertebrate in the Bay Area? How does it live?
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And This Little Spider Stayed Home
July 01, 2011 by David Lukas
Tiny turret spiders, hiding in their silk-lined tunnels near your favorite trail, just might hold some geologic secrets in their genes. “These spiders are like rocks that don’t move,” says one researcher. Who’d have thought?
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Hidden Life in the Sand
July 01, 2011 by Sue Rosenthal
It turns out the sand at your local beach is not as simple as it seems–it’s full of little creatures. From sand crabs and beach hoppers to tiny water bears, there really is a world in a grain of sand, or at least between the grains of sand.
Jepson Prairie’s Weird, Wonderful Wildlife
May 03, 2011 by Rick Bacigalupi
Jepson Prairie, in Solano County, is home to vernal pools — and otherworldly invertebrates that look a bit like tiny …
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Notes from Underground
January 01, 2005 by Mike Koslosky
It is often the smallest things that get overlooked, and life in the soil is probably the most neglected habitat …
