The Natural History of Bodega Head

    We were in Rohnert Park picking up a burrito tonight (29 June 2024) and noticed several of these long-horned beetles on the outer walls ...

    An interesting find today (27 June 2024) -- Pachythyone rubra , a more southern sea cucumber that's more common south of Monterey.  ...

    Displaying Brandt's Cormorants ( Urile penicillatus ).  Their cobalt blue throat pouches were so bright in the morning sun!  Photogr...

Eric was at the Spud Point Marina docks in Bodega Harbor today (23 June 2024) doing some scouting for his summer class (which starts tomorro...

    A nice view of a small, but fancy nudibranch   — Diaphoreolis lagunae (formerly Cuthona lagunae ) on a blade of surfgrass ( Phyllospad...

    I've been behind a desk a lot lately, so here's a photo from last month -- a beautiful Blue-eyed Darner ( Rhionaeschna multicolo...

    Okay, how many arms on the Six-armed Sea Star above?  And how many arms on this greenish Six-armed Sea Star?  And how many arms on this ...