All Episodes

Bird Flu Strikes Marine Mammals on the California Coast

Death Valley in Full Bloom

Small Antelope, Big Impact: Duikers and the Future of Tropical Forests- part.2

Small Antelope, Big Impact: Duikers and the Future of Tropical Forests- part.1

Lunar Cycles

New Year, New Seals

Lichens & Bryophytes

Skunks

Oak Natural History

Tarantulas

Mountain Lions (Part 2)

Mountain Lions (Part 1)

Owl Limpets

Cormorants

Salamanders! (Part 2)

Salamanders! (Part 1)

In Otter News...

Fungus Flair with Chloe Rickards

Wildlife at Fort Ord Reserve (Part 1)

King Tides

Digging for Dungeness Crabs!

Fort Ord Natural Reserve (Part 2): A Place for Community Engagement

Dune Ecology (Part 2)

Dune Ecology (Part 1)

Beach Nightlife

Marine Predators

Steelhead Trout

Wildflowers (Part 2)

Wildflowers (Part 1)

Birds love aquaculture! Pt 2

Birds love aquaculture!

Bioluminescence

Sea Otter Drama

Fence Ecology

Fire Ecology and Cultural Burning - Part 2

Fire Ecology and Cultural Burning - Part 1

The Afterlives of Trees: Driftwood Ecology

Once common, now elusive: The Sunflower Seastar

Oyster Restoration in Elkhorn Slough

Eavesdropping on Life in the Deep Sea

Seabirds and Conservation, Part 2

Seabirds and Conservation, Part 1

Norris Center Naturalists - Dr. Gizelle Hurtado, Part 2

Norris Center Naturalists - Dr. Gizelle Hurtado, Part 1

Norris Center Naturalists: Dr. Andy Kulikowski, Part 2

Norris Center Naturalists: Dr. Andy Kulikowski, Part 1

Norris Center Naturalists: Dmitrius Rodriguez, Part 2

Fungus on the Brain: Part 1

An Appetite for Algae: Part 2

Norris Center Naturalists: Dmitrius Rodriguez, Part 1

Whale, Hello There!

Amazing Jays

Rocking Out in Santa Cruz, Part 2

Rocking Out in Santa Cruz, Part 1

An Appetite for Algae: Part 1

Sea Change: Episode 6

Sea Change: Episode 5

Sea Change: Episode 4

Sea Change: Episode 3

Sea Change: Episode 2

Sea Change: Episode 1

Phytoplankton: Tiny organisms, big impact

A History Lesson: Abalone in California

COP 26

Hanging Ten With Santa Cruz Surfperches: Part 1

Ctenophores and the Tree of Life, Part 2

Ctenophores and the Tree of Life, Part 1

Fossils!

Kelp Forest Critters: Meet the Abalone

A Sea of Salps

Tidepooling in Santa Cruz, Part 3

Does Behavior Play a Role in Creating Urchin Barrens?

Coralline Algae: The Unsung Hero of Our Reefs

Tidepooling in Santa Cruz, Part 2

Buried alive: How forest fires are putting endangered black abalone at risk

Rockfish of Monterey Bay, Part 2

Rockfish of Monterey Bay, Part 1

Birds in Your Backyard: Great Horned Owls Part 2

Col. Charles Young - First Black National Park Superintendent

Tidepooling in Santa Cruz, Part 1

Birds in your backyard IV: Great Horned Owls

Checking out our underwater reefs

Art as science communication

Life inside an urban garden

Furry Little Caterpillars: Introducing the Tussock Moth

Looking Underground: What Happens in the Soil After Fires

Forest health and wildfires

How do elephant seals sleep? Part 2

Forest fire ecology

The Curious Life (history) of Kelp

How do elephant seals sleep? Part I

Tracking invisible traces of life with environmental DNA

Alginates, the Mystery Compound Found in Kelp

Birds in your backyard III: Hummingbirds

Fort Ord Natural Reserve Pt. 2

Birds in your backyard II: House finches

Ride the Internal Waves of the Monterey Canyon

Scientific Detectives: Using eDNA to Examine Marine Ecosytems

Birds in your backyard I: Northern mockingbirds and California Towhees

Tiny Flowers: Preserving Gilia Tenuiflora

Fort Ord Natural Reserve Pt. 1

Monitoring Climate Change in the Kelp Forest With the Help of Citizen Scientists

California giant salamanders

Peregrine falcons: back from the brink (part 2)

Museum of the Macabre

Something's Fishy: Meet the Plague Minnow

Just For Fern

What Does It Take To Be a Santa Cruz Naturalist?

Peregrine falcons: back from the brink (part 1)

Westside's Hidden Gem: Younger Lagoon Reserve Pt. 1

Octopuses Have Personality? Pt 2

Seagrass of Elkhorn Slough

Birding Around in Natural Bridges State Beach

Golden Crowned Sparrows: More Than Just Little Brown Birds

Octopuses Have Personality? Pt 1

Seaweed Safari

Drilling Snails and Acidic Oceans

Meet the Candy Cap: Mushroom Foraging for Dessert Lovers

Sea otters, sea urchins and sea stars oh my!

Underwater Meadows: The Seagrass of Eastcliff