CREATING WILD SPACES IN CONCRETE PLACES—WILL ROGERS LEARNING CENTER
Santa Monica, California is at the nucleus of art, culture, and modern development and while the area is sandwiched between the...
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- Feb 7, 2018
- 4 min
BEES MEAN BUSINESS: HOW HONEY BEES SHAPE OUR FOOD SYSTEM
Here in California, an unusually warm winter delivers the illusion of Spring. Though March 21st officially marks the Spring equinox,...
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- Jul 17, 2017
- 4 min
PANAMA STORIES PART 1: FEELING ANTSY
With its ever-changing landscape and an expanse of tropical rainforests, the Central American country of Panama offers visitors and...
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- Mar 6, 2017
- 2 min
MONARCH TAGGING
Our brightly colored “Migrating Monarchs,” are a common sight in Southern California. But the real question is how far do they actually...
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- Nov 26, 2016
- 2 min
MOTH EATEN
I don’t know about you but the fact that the sun sets so early has been confusing my internal clock. I’ve been taking longer to adjust,...
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- Oct 22, 2016
- 2 min
STICKING TO THE MOUNTAINS: NATURE’S TINY ACTORS
Hiking back, a bit breathless and winded from the crisp mountain air and altitude, my eyes were drawn to a light tan stick on our window....
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- Aug 30, 2016
- 2 min
GETTING ANTSY!
It’s hard to imagine how something like coffee coming from Argentina could have any other effects on California, other than on the...
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- Feb 23, 2016
- 2 min
THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS: A VALENTINE’S DAY TRADITION
Even though Valentine’s Day has recently passed us by, every year as Valentine’s Day approaches the stores are becoming increasingly...
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- Dec 14, 2015
- 2 min
WILDERNESS OBSERVATION: DROUGHT IN CALIFORNIA CHAPARRAL
When I visited my grandparents for Thanksgiving a couple weeks ago, we took a family hike up in the chaparral region near Ojai and Lake...
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- Nov 12, 2015
- 3 min
WILDERNESS JOURNAL: INTERNATIONAL JOURNEY TO BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY
I just spent the past week recuperating from jet lag but I wanted to share some of my international nature observations! I spent about a...
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- Oct 11, 2015
- 3 min
WILDERNESS JOURNAL: BOLSA CHICA OBSERVATIONS
Hello everyone! Today I wanted to share with you all my latest wilderness experience. I am hoping to make this wilderness observation...
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- Oct 4, 2015
- 2 min
THE CHEAPEST ECO-TOURISM TRIP EVER: WET-LANDS
Many times when we think about incredible wildlife or biodiversity we think about exotic places. If only we could go there if only we...
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- Mar 15, 2015
- 3 min
FARMERS MENACE TO COLORFUL HOVERER: THE FIVE SPOTTED HAWK MOTH
Throughout our day to day business most people will probably see at least one butterfly or moth fluttering through the sky or simply...
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- Nov 9, 2014
- 3 min
BLOODTHIRSTY PLANTS: THE STATIONARY CARNIVORES – PART 2
I hope everyone enjoyed reading last week’s article and learning about snap, pitfall and flypaper traps. This week we will be taking a...
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- Nov 3, 2014
- 3 min
BLOODTHIRSTY PLANTS: THE STATIONARY CARNIVORES – PART 1
Plants surround us in our daily lives providing beautification and shade for weary people. In actuality though plants do much more then...
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- Oct 7, 2014
- 2 min
UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES OF VARIOUS ANT SPECIES
This ant has the most painful sting of any animal ranking a 4.0+ on the Schmidt pain index. It’s sting has been described as walking...
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- Sep 17, 2014
- 6 min
11 ANIMALS THAT SHIMMER LIKE A RAINBOW
Within nature there are a variety of colors expressed by all sorts of organisms and objects. Among these organisms are ones that gleam...
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- Aug 24, 2014
- 3 min
WASPS: THE MISUNDERSTOOD INSECTS
In everyday life encounters, wasps make most people very uncomfortable, forcing some people to run away when they are nearby. This...
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- Jul 20, 2014
- 3 min
SUMMERTIME INSECTS AND SPIDERS
Summertime has a different meaning for everyone, but for the insect lover, they know that means they’ll be seeing a lot more. Birds and...
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