The 2017-18 Heal the Bay Beach Report Card awarded good to great grades to local beaches, thanks in large part to below average rainfall over the winter. Every week, the Santa Monica-based…
Environment
National Park Service researchers recently discovered a litter of four mountain lion kittens in the Simi Hills, a small area of habitat wedged between the larger Santa Monica and Santa Susana mountain…
On June 3, the Santa Monica Mountains (SAMO) Fund celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) and the 30th anniversary of the non-profit organization that supports…
Here’s the buzz—backyard beekeeping is a thing! Responding to alarming reports of colony collapse and the threat to our food crops and wildlands, city and suburban dwellers are keeping the beekeeping tradition…
Summer beach season doesn’t officially start until Memorial Day, but there is already a major increase in the number of beachgoers traveling through the canyons and along Pacific Coast Highway in pursuit…
These young great horned owls aren’t old enough to fly but they are big enough to take an interest in the world below their nest at the top of a eucalyptus tree.…
When Don Wallace, “The Trail Guy,” invites you on a walking tour, you readjust your schedule and block out what will be a couple of hours never to be replicated again in…
The revelation that human actions were impacting the ocean on such a large scale a hundred years before the advent of urbanization is sobering. Sue Kidwell, the William Rainey Harper Professor at…
A new report offers recommendations on the location and type of wildlife crossing structures proposed for two of the busiest freeways in the world. Interstate 15 in western Riverside County and U.S.…
Spring arrived late this year, but even though rainfall totals are still far below normal, and the wildflower forecast is subdued, especially compared to last year’s super bloom, it’s not all bad…