Reptile Hunting in Malibu Creek »
It’s not every day you get to watch two grown men wrestle a young Southern Pacific rattlesnake from its hiding place underneath a pile of sticks into a Plexiglas tube.…
May 21 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
Wildlife, Present and Absent, at the Sepulveda Basin »
About four months after the Army Corps of Engineers ripped apart 48 acres of the Sepulveda BasinWildlife Area in the San Fernando Valley, wildlife continues to surprise and amaze – even…
Apr 12 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
Grunion Love, SoCal Style »
While a weekend in Barbados watching mama sea turtles lay eggs in the beach sand DOES sound pretty darn nice, Southlanders don’t need to travel far to experience a sea…
Mar 29 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
Sheeper Peepers: Looking for Big Horns in the San Gabriel »
Chanelle Davis was trying her best, but I was getting nervous. The wildlife biologist with the Department of Fish and Wildlife was giving us newbies a crash course in how…
Mar 14 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
Blue Whales In February? Not So Crazy »
Those early blue whales that have been spotted off the coastline in Southern California this week and last may not be as unusual as you think. For the past five…
Feb 26 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Scratchy, Lousy Deer »
Imagine tens of thousands of insects smaller than a flea infecting, hatching and crawling all over your skin. Welcome to…
May 23 2013 / No Comment / Read More »New Lizard Species Discovered in Torrance »
An established species of reptiles not typically found in Southern California has recently been discovered in a residential backyard in Torrance.…
Apr 22 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Hummingbird Watching Goes High Tech »
A new program from the National Audubon Society wants Americans to take our universal love of hummingbirds to new heights.…
Apr 12 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Update: Griffith Park Mountain Lion Healthy »
A new blog post by Urban Carnivores reports on the status of a colllared mountain lion, P22, that researchers have…
Apr 2 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Desert Kit Fox, a Threatened Species? »
Desert kit foxes, those small, night-loving, rodent-eating mammals, are a little closer to being listed as California’s next threatened species. This week, the…
Mar 13 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
