The Natural History of Bodega Head

    During a field trip to Tomales Bay on 17 August 2023, Melissa spotted this small yellowish-green sea hare crawling on some eelgrass ( Zo...

    I love seeing this sea hare, especially up close, when you can see the bright blue-green spots (and tiny orange dots, too, if you look c...

Okay, remember last night's mystery photo ?   Here's another view:   Meet Taylor's Sea Hare ( Phyllaplysia taylori ), a...

I'm excited to share an update about the identity of last night's mystery object!  Here's a reminder of the object that I wasn...

Stephanie has been finding these washed up on Dillon Beach.  Do you have a guess about what they are?   That's an impressive tangl...

  Do you recognize this animal?  The picture above is a head-on close-up. Here's a view from the side (a different individual):...

When the low tides are this good, it's sometimes hard to stop looking.  On 23 June, I checked one more site and noticed something unusua...