Of course, the new Pollinator Garden at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles would have it grand opening on the first day of Spring, the season of flowers, bees, butterflies (and occasional allergies). With the unveiling of the Pollinator Garden, the NHM’s outdoor nature garden/lab (built on an asphalted parking lot) is now finally complete.
Bald eagle adjectives: majestic, patriotic, awesome. And…Southern Californian. Proving that yes indeed SoCal is a diversity hotspot for critters, our national symbol is both a part-time and full-time resident in our mountains and wind-swept open areas. Since the 1990s many migratory baldies make winter pilgrimages to several lakes in Southern California and today, some white-headed […]
“Science doesn’t belong only to the people who go to school for it, today, it’s available for everyone to become a citizen scientist,” says Denis Callet, a Montrose-based photographer, as he hikes up a secluded trail in the Los Angeles Forest. It’s bright and early on a Saturday morning and Callet is joined by fellow […]
Just like the crowded 405 freeway, the coastline off of Ventura, Los Angeles and Orange Counties might need to establish some kind of SigAlert with all the marine mammal activity that’s been seen these days. Record numbers of gray whales have been reported by the American Cetacean Society (ACS) LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior […]
The rain was fierce, pouring down in steady sheets on this cold morning in Ventura. What kind of day is this to count butterflies, I wondered as I pulled into a small neighborhood park to meet Donna Grubisic, a volunteer with the Vista-based Monarch Program. Fat drops fell on our heads as we shook hands […]
There were many auspicious signs on the first day of the gray whale census at Pt. Vicente Interpretive Center in Palos Verdes where a group of faithful volunteers were shining up their binoculars for the annual cetacean count. In addition to spying a gray whale at about 7:30am – the official first one of the […]
“Everyone wants a chunk of Griffith Park, after a while, who knows how much of it will be left?” says Gerry Hans of the Friends of Griffith Park about the two baseball fields that are being proposed at the Crystal Spring picnic area. The wild side of Griffith Park has been getting a lot of […]
Captured with serious, bold and unflinching poses, the new exhibit “Nature LA: Birds of Prey” running into Jan. 5, 2014 at the G2 Gallery in Venice showcases Southland feathered flappers from the lens of Culver City-based photographer Jennifer MaHarry. These are the not the happy chirpers helping Cinderella that you’d see in a typical Disney […]
Agoura teen Tanner Saul is living at the right time when it comes to pursuing his dream of working with wildlife and his recent first place win in this year’s prestigious American Museum of Natural History’s Young Naturalist Awards.
California is suddenly THE place for Blue-footed boobies, the equatorial bird that is famous for its shocking colored feet (only when they are old enough!), mating dance and being a resident of the Galapagos Islands. Birders are flocking to the SoCal coastlines to catch a glimpse of this rare flapper that usually is found in warm waters. […]
As a symbol of the SoCal coastline, the California brown pelican is a graceful flyer, soaring over the waves, catching an updraft and swooping down for a fish snack. But when young pelicans can’t get enough to eat – maybe their fishing skills are up to snuff – they can end up at the International […]
Countless birds fly under the radar in the Endangered Bird World these days. Many birds don’t get the full court press like their flashier “rock star” cousins, flappers that require extraordinary measures to ensure their survival in the wild. We hear about the superhuman efforts (and big $$$) to save the California condors, bald eagles […]