The quintessential fuzzy-faced marine mammals, sea otters give humanity more than just a photographic souvenir. They’re like canaries in the proverbial coal mine—harbingers of ocean health.
The good news for marbled murrelet watchers is that new development in Big Basin won't happen near the old growth forest. The bad news is they still don't think it goes far enough.
Feb. 22, 2013—The island night lizard, listed as “threatened” on the Endangered Species List, is thriving for the first time in decades, thanks in part to the Santa Cruz-based group Island Conservation.