Santa Cruz Naturalist

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Santa Cruz Naturalist goes to The Norris Center

by Emily Donham | Oct 31, 2022

Over the past few weeks, Santa Cruz Naturalist producer Chloe Rickards interviewed three different employees or associates of the Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History at UC Santa Cruz. The...

Rocking Out in Santa Cruz, Part 1

by Emily Donham | Apr 18, 2022

This week at Santa Cruz Naturalist, Chloe Rickards chats with Quinn Todzo about the geological history of the Santa Cruz Mountains and the sandstone formations at Castle Rock State Park....

Goats Reduce Fire Risk at UCSC

by Rachel Goodman | May 9, 2022

McKenzie Prillaman went to UCSC and has this story: Narrator: California’s wildfire season grows worse every year, forcing landowners and institutions to come up with creative ways to prevent...

Rockfish of Monterey Bay, Part 1

by Emily Donham | Mar 8, 2021

This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist, Emily speaks with Moss Landing Marine Laboratories graduate student Kristin Saksa about her work on rockfish larvae "babies". Kristin's work focuses on how...