Don’t think of them as mere flying rats, bats, as an aerial mammal, have some of the more interesting attributes to ever grace a critter that’s at home in air and land. Test your knowledge of Mexican long-tounged bats here…
It’s called a migration, but for the thousands of male tarantulas that live in Southern California, it’s more like “knocking on doors looking for a date.” This is the time of year when SoCal hikers could chance upon these eight-legged wonders that inhabit local grasslands, chaparrals, canyons and deserts. We can’t think of a [...]
There’s a little more traffic in Humpback Whale Land, according to scientists who recently published a report in the journal Marine Mammal Science. Back in 2008, scientists estimated about less than 20,000 humpback whales in the North Pacific; now, a new report indicates that the leviathan population to be more than 21,000 – or [...]
Breaking with the Los Angeles County contract that allows the trapping and killing of coyotes, the City of Calabasas recently permanently banned coyote trapping and killing, opting instead for a plan for coexistence. Representatives from Project Coyote and the Animal Welfare Institute are expected to work with city officials to hammer out the details for a [...]
It’s bad enough that urban mountain lions have freeways dissecting their territory, poisoned varmints for prey and an ever-shrinking space to roam – now this: poaching by humans. The small population of mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains got a little smaller last month with the discovery of a badly mutilated lion in [...]
It’s hard to figure out which is more impressive to watch – the magnificent California condors effortlessly gliding overhead or the enraptured faces of bird lovers gathered here to spend some quality time with the largest terrestrial bird in North America.