Some of the most conspicuous animals in Northern California tidepools don’t look like animals at all. They resemble flowers more than any animal you’re probably familiar with.
Voracious Flowers of the Tidepool
August 13, 2019 •
Wildlife
Meet the Bay’s Incredible Swimming Worms
August 6, 2019 •
I think I saw a worm swimming in the Bay, what is it? It was mid August in 2015 when I first held one, its long thread like body rolling and pulsing in my hand. Tickled by the anticipation of … Read more
On Hidden Camera, a Sight You Never Hope to See
July 30, 2019 •
Skunks almost always spray out of sight of humans. A hidden trail camera in Jasper Ridge shows what it looks like.
How Can You Tell a Gopher Snake from a Rattlesnake?
July 2, 2019 •
If the snake you encounter looks perturbed, don’t count solely on head shape when you ID it.
The Endangered Species Next Door: the California Ridgway’s Rail
June 23, 2019 •
Perhaps it’s their contradictions that makes seeking Ridgway’s rails so exciting.
Clingy or Celibate?
June 23, 2019 •
A tale of two walking sticks
How Water Striders Bend Light
June 23, 2019 •
Summer Almanac: An Illustrated Guide to Northern California Nature
June 23, 2019 •
Text and research by the California Center for Natural History Molt Along with looking to the sky for red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) this summer, check the ground. You might find feathers as the raptors molt. Red-tails aren’t migrating or nesting in … Read more
How to Nap With Birds
June 23, 2019 •
Introducing a new way to be a birder
There’s a Mole That Only Lives on Angel Island?
June 23, 2019 •
S.I. insularis lives only on an island in the middle of the Bay.