Santa Cruz Naturalist

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How do elephant seals sleep? Part I

by Theadora Block | Sep 8, 2020

This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist we talk with Jessie Kendall-Bar, a Ph.D. student at UC Santa Cruz in the Ecology & Evolutionary biology department. She studies the neurophysiology of sleep in...

Giant Kelp: Monterey Bay’s Super Seaweed

by Emily Donham | Aug 11, 2020

This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist, Emily chats with UCSC graduate candidate, Sara Gonzales, about some of her work on the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera. Giant kelp are abundant all along the...

Birds in your Backyard III: Hummingbirds

by Theadora Block | Aug 3, 2020

This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist, we talk about the two main hummingbird species seen in Santa Cruz: Anna's and Allen's hummingbirds. Learn how to attract them to your backyard, and how to tell...

Santa Cruz Bat-uralist, Part 1

by Kelley Voss | Jul 23, 2020

UCSC doctoral student Kyle Reid is an incredible ambassador for bats. Listen to the first part of our interview about his expertise, where we cover just how many bats live in Santa Cruz (a lot!) and...