The Natural History of Bodega Head

    While taking a break from a task I was working on at the coast this afternoon (1 July 2023), I turned over a couple pieces of driftwood ...

  Recently, Maddy found several of these sea spiders (pycnogonids) living among low intertidal tunicates on Bodega Head.    This...

A couple of nights ago I promised to share more information about this sea spider:   We're slowly trying to document the diversit...

For 8/8: a beautiful local pycnogonid (sea spider)!   I'm running out of time tonight, but we'll share more information about...

We went for a short beach walk at the end of the day today (28 May 2018).  Eric noticed a spider that looked a little different:   Di...

Last night there were two visitors waiting for us when we got home.  We walked into the kitchen and were a little surprised to look up at th...

In January I mentioned that there is male parental care in sea spiders.  Here are a few pictures to continue that story. This is Pycnogonu...

In late April, I was looking through a microscope trying to photograph a local hydroid when I was distracted by something orange with long l...