The Natural History of Bodega Head

During our first few days in Iceland, we were fortunate to find some excellent tidepooling locations.  We've been taking lots of photogr...

    Whew, we were busy with field work during the low tides this past week, but we managed to take a few photos on the side.   Here's on...

    For all of the marine invertebrate enthusiasts out there — I wanted to mention that Eric will be presenting a webinar for Bay Nature m...

    Glass-spined Brittle Star ( Ophiothrix spiculata ) photographed in Bodega Bay on 27 January 2025.

Just a quick photo of some nice Long-armed Brittle Stars ( Amphiodia occidentalis ) that Eric discovered in the intertidal zone in San Diego...

    Okay, I know I've shown a few peanut worms recently, but this was a nice view of several different peanut worms ( Phascolosoma agass...

  Glass-spined Brittle Star ( Ophiothrix spiculata ) photographed in the low intertidal zone along the Sonoma Coast on 1 January 2018. ...

Joe and Sam dropped by to say they had found something interesting in an aquarium at the marine lab.  I was a little surprised to look down ...

A few years ago, I introduced the Long-armed Brittle Star ( Amphiodia occidentalis ).     You can review the earlier post here , but I...

Remember the Glass-spined Brittle Star that was featured on 18 December 2016 ? Well, we found one last weekend, but soon after Eric notice...

Brrrr!  It was a chilly 30 ° F in Cotati this morning — a brisk morning in this part of the world.  Here are some frost crystals that were...

Last night I mentioned we've been finding some kelp washed up on the beach.  Recently, one Bull Kelp specimen still had a relatively lar...

Do you remember the post about the "Fastest digger in the West" from November 2013? Eric and I found two of these wonderful bri...

Here's a mystery close-up for you.  Can you guess what this is?   If you'd like to see a little more, scroll to the next ...

  When we found these tiny pink brittle stars in a Bull Kelp holdfast recently, Eric called them "fairies of the holdfast."  ...

Think of the fastest digging animal you know of.  Now let me introduce you to an animal that might be faster. This is Amphiodia occiden...

Dwarf Brittle Star (Amphipholis squamata) , found in the low intertidal zone on Bodega Head on 28 April 2013 and photographed under a micros...