Archive for December, 2025
Senator Mike Lee Axes Protection for National Parks
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 18, 2025
Game-farm mallard genetics are a bigger problem than waterfowlers think — only 2% of greenheads in the Atlantic Flyway are fully wild
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 18, 2025
Los Padres ForestWatch Upcoming Events
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 18, 2025
“Not expected at all”: dolphin researchers just made a surprising discovery in the Mediterranean Sea
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 18, 2025
Bumblebees Have Learned to Read Simple Morse Code–an Ability Seen Only in Humans and Vertebrates
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 18, 2025
Regional Parks Botanic Garden Photos 12/16/25
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 17, 2025
New pumpkin toadlet discovered is the size of a pencil tip
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 17, 2025
U C Botanical Garden Holiday Hours
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 17, 2025
Theodore Payne Foundation Upcoming Events
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 17, 2025
The Bright Side: Mediterranean’s first dolphin sanctuary for captive animals to open in Italy
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 17, 2025
Confirmed—Chinook salmon return to the Klamath River for the first time in decades, but now they are invading agricultural canals
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 17, 2025
Why some ant colonies get tricked into killing their own queens
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 17, 2025
Water levels across the Great Lakes are falling – just as US data centers move in
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 16, 2025
Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 16, 2025
Upcoming Bay Nature Events
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 16, 2025
Giant, rare 7-armed sea creature spotted in California’s Monterey Bay
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 16, 2025
New Research Shows Redwoods Stand Strong Amid Wildfires—But Management Matters
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 16, 2025
New Land Acquisition Advances Future Regional Park in Concord
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 15, 2025
One artist’s work-around to Trump’s face on national parks passes
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 15, 2025
Wild chimps consume more alcohol than anyone expected
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 15, 2025
These Bats Glow Green Under UV Light, Joining a Growing List of Photoluminescent Mammals
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 15, 2025
Our solar system is moving faster than expected
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 14, 2025
Congress reopens battle over the name of North America’s tallest peak
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 13, 2025
Coho salmon are making a comeback in the Russian River for the first time in 30 years
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 13, 2025
Everything You Need to Know About Visiting Overwintering Monarchs
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 13, 2025
Geminid meteor shower peaks in dark skies December 13-14
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 12, 2025
‘A Morale Bomb’: National Park Workers Face Wage Cuts and ‘Dubiously Legal’ Review System | KQED
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 12, 2025
Lake Manly reemerges in Death Valley after record rainfall
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 12, 2025
Outbreak of Potentially Deadly Amatoxin Poisoning Linked to the Consumption of Wild, Foraged Mushrooms
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 12, 2025
Acorn Woodpeckers
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 12, 2025
Natural History Wanderings 