The Natural History of Bodega Head

    Eric was doing some field work tonight (17 January 2026), but on the side he ended up with several great shots of an intriguing Red Octo...

    We were working along the Bodega Harbor shoreline a couple of days ago when I noticed some movement out of the corner of my eye.   Octop...

    Eye of an octopus  Are you interested in the diversity of local marine invertebrates?   If so, Eric is going to be giving a talk in the ...

    An unexpected surprise this morning (11 July 2025), a beautiful octopus in the low intertidal zone.  I only had a minute or two before i...

    Summer classes started at the Bodega Marine Laboratory this week, and with all of those keen eyes around, special things are bound to be...

    We got lucky tonight -- we were busy doing surveys, but we heard someone nearby exclaim, "Octopus!"  So we took a short break ...

Honu, or Green Sea Turtle ( Chelonia mydas ) photographed while snorkeling in Kaua’i on 1 April 2024. Not only did Eric get lucky with a sea...

    We had to work late in the field tonight (time and tide wait for no one!), but we had a brief reward with an octopus sighting!   P.S.  T...

    Octopus for lunch?   A Turkey Vulture ( Cathartes aura ) feeding on a Giant Pacific Octopus ( Enteroctopus dofleini ) washed up on the b...

    One of the most impressive features of many animals in the intertidal zone is the way their color patterns match their surroundings.  It...

    How lucky!  Eric found an octopus for my birthday! Here's the entire animal from the other side.  Always amazing to see how well the...

    Yesterday (8 March 2021), Eric and I had to make a brief stop in Bodega Harbor (to look for a ribbon worm).  A family was nearby explori...

    Recently, Paul passed along a movie recommendation.  I was so taken by the movie, that I'm passing along the recommendation to you! ...

Okay, there's more to yesterday's octopus story.  After Eric spotted the first octopus, a few minutes later I looked down and notice...

After some field work this morning, Eric joined me at a different site, and no joke, within a minute he said, "Octopus!"  We hadn...

Some sets of two for tomorrow's very special date — 02/02/2020.   Two Common Ravens ( Corvus corvax )   Two  Tolmie...

  A small Red Octopus ( Octopus rubescens ), for 8/8!  This one was photographed back in February 2017.  

Okay, I can't help it, I have to help the home team celebrate.  Here's a photo for the 2018 World Series Champions — the Bost...

For everyone with an 8/8 birthday! Close-up of an octopus eye:   And below is a short video clip that Eric took of the same octopus...

  A tiny Red Octopus ( Octopus rubescens ) sitting at the entrance of an empty Brown Turban Snail ( Tegula brunnea ) shell.  It's h...