iNaturalist is an amazing and free tool that can help you identify virtually anything in nature. But it is so much more. Tony Iwane, outreach and community coordinator at iNaturalist, tells us about amazing ways that iNaturalist facilitates community. … More #12: Tony Iwane – Outreach and Community at iNaturalist
Summary My guest today is Charley Eiseman. Charley is the lead author of the innovative and fascinating “Tracks and Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates”, which digs deep into the details of insect identification through the clues they leave, such as egg masses, cocoons, galls, burrows, leaf mines and more. This initial treatment of leaf … More #11: Charley Eiseman – Naturalist, Author, Innovator, and Leaf Mining Insect Specialist
Summary My guest today is noted wildfire and chaparral ecologist Rick Halsey. Rick authored the book “Fire, Chaparral, and Survival in Southern California”, and has given countless talks on the subject. Rick has a background in Environmental Studies, Anthropology, and Education, with degrees from University of California Santa Barbara, Cal State San Diego and UC … More #9: Rick Halsey – Wildfire Ecology in the Chaparral and the American West
Dr. Merav Vonshak share with us how BioBlitzes – an event where experts and enthusiasts alike document living things – are an exciting and flexible way to get the public connected to nature … More #7: Dr. Merav Vonshak – Outreach and Education with BioBlitzes
Originally posted 8 September, 2013 I love to hike. In fact, I try to take a 5-10 mile hike each weekend. I just can’t think of a better way to get a few hours of solitude, while also getting great exercise, along with an excuse to observe and photograph nature. Today was no exception – … More My Mountain Lion Encounter
Updated 16 October 2020 Like so many topics in the public eye, wildfire is very complex. For anything I state, it’s not hard to find exceptions. Every biome, every climate, every terrain has different wildfire regimes. As a result, I feel great disappointment when I see overly simplified comments in the media, in social media, … More Updates on my Crash Course in Wildfires
I live in San Jose, and we’re sandwiched in between three large fires, including two of the top three fires ever in California. In fact, 17 of the top 20 California fires of all time have occurred since 2003. While the 2020 fires were started by natural causes – lightning, it is clear that the … More A Quick Note on California’s Historic Wildfire Season
Summary Eddie Dunbar, MBA, is an entomologist, the Founder and President of the Insect Sciences Museum of California, and Adjunct Professor at Merritt College. With 38,000 species of insects in California alone, we need people like Eddie to help make sense of it all. Eddie’s passion is to engage the public with insects so they … More #5: Eddie Dunbar on Getting People Excited about Insects, and Building an Online Community
What Podcasts do I Listen To? I’m a bit of a podcast addict. My normal daily routine is to wake up around 5 AM, workout, and listen to something interesting while I workout. This gives me about 10 hours of solid listening time each week. So what do I listen to? Here’s a list of … More The Best Nature Podcasts
I’m incredibly excited to announce that my Nature’s Archive podcast has launched! It has taken a lot of work and time, but it’s here! I’m really fortunate to have three great episodes to launch with: Dorian Anderson tells about his incredible story of biking 17830 miles across the USA for discovery of birds and himself … More Nature’s Archive Podcast has Launched!
Nature's Archive Podcast 