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4th Mole & Mariachi Festival

4th Mole & Mariachi Festival

The flavors and sounds of Mexico at the Santa Cruz Mission Adobe on...
Bodysurfing: Pure Connection to the Water

Bodysurfing: Pure Connection to the Water

Why bodysurfing is making a comeback.
Sykes Camp: Loved to Death?

Sykes Camp: Loved to Death?

Crowds and trash in the Big Sur backcountry.
Stop the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Hunt

Stop the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Hunt

An Open Letter to Pres. Barack Obama
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The Bird School Project

The Bird School Project

How two college buddies from UC-Santa Cruz turned their passion for natural history...
Santa Cruz Mission Adobe

Santa Cruz Mission Adobe

A jewel hidden in plain sight.
Elephant Seal Pup Rescue

Elephant Seal Pup Rescue

A volunteer with the Marine Mammal Center rescues a helpless elephant...
Iron Woman

Iron Woman

Santa Cruz’s Terri Schneider brings a lifetime of extreme adventures to life in her new book.
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El Niño: Winners and Losers

El Niño: Winners and Losers

The heavy rain and warm ocean provided by El Niño has put local wildlife...
Ultra-Marathon Woman

Ultra-Marathon Woman

Krissy Moehl, world-conquering trail runner, on a Friday evening in...
Is A New Species of Giant Salamander Living Under UCSC?

Is A New Species of Giant Salamander Living Under UCSC?

El Nino rains could aid...
Hot Pink Pioneers

Hot Pink Pioneers

The warm waters of El Niño are helping hot pink sea slugs return to the...
Like Wildlife? Like Beer? Right This Way.

Like Wildlife? Like Beer? Right This Way.

For every bottle...
Field Tested: Boosted Board

Field Tested: Boosted Board

Fast, easy, familiar electric boarding.
The Costume-Wearing Crabs of Monterey Bay

The Costume-Wearing Crabs of Monterey Bay

New research explores the intriguing ways decorator crabs...
From Santa Cruz to Solar City

From Santa Cruz to Solar City

Lyndon Rive, co-founder of SolarCity, sees business and technology as world-...
The Great Land & Trail Campaign

The Great Land & Trail Campaign

The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County’s biggest fundraising campaign...
Decoding the Bee Networks of Santa Cruz County

Decoding the Bee Networks of Santa Cruz County

The complex plant-bee networks that sustain...
The Great Box in the Sky

The Great Box in the Sky

The Ohlone named it for hummingbirds, the Air Force built...
Plant of the Week: Douglas Iris

Plant of the Week: Douglas Iris

Want to be looking at this fancy native in April? Get busy now planting...
Google Trekker Shows the Way to Living Memorials

Google Trekker Shows the Way to Living Memorials

Sempervirens Fund maps 60...
The Bats of Big Sur

The Bats of Big Sur

A few hours on a bat capture-and-release operation in Big Sur reveals new information about the...
Welcome Back Monarchs Day 2015

Welcome Back Monarchs Day 2015

The monarch butterflies are back once again to overwinter at...
Life and Death in The Intertidal Zone

Life and Death in The Intertidal Zone

As the mysterious sea star wasting syndrome shows, life ebbs and...
A Local Legend

A Local Legend

Despite rough climatic conditions and deadly fungal diseases, the Monterey Cypress stands tall....
Stalking The Giant Sycamore

Stalking The Giant Sycamore

A unique combination of factors makes Henry Cowell home to the world's...
Everything A River Is Supposed to Be

Everything A River Is Supposed to Be

The demolition of the San Clemente Dam will set the Carmel...

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