Santa Cruz Naturalist

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

by Emily Donham | Mar 25, 2020

This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist, we chat with Reef Check CA's climate change coordinator, Kate Vylet. Tune in to hear more about how Reef Check trains volunteer citizen scientists to monitor...

California Giant Salamanders with Regina Spranger

by Theadora Block | Mar 3, 2020

We talk with PhD student at UC Santa Cruz, Regina Spranger, about California Giant Salamanders and where to find them. Ever wondered how they go from eggs to adults? The amazing things that happen...

Drilling Snails and Acidic Oceans

by Emily Donham | Feb 25, 2020

This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist we will be chatting with Dr. Gina Contolini to learn about some of her dissertation work in the rocky intertidal found along Westcliff. Her work focuses on marine...

Peregrine Falcons with Dr. Zeka Glucs: Part 2

by Theadora Block | Feb 3, 2020

Photo by Theadora Block taken in Point Reyes, California. This week in Santa Cruz Naturalist we talk again with Dr. Zeka Glucs, Director of Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group. In this follow...