Santa Cruz Naturalist

By Santa Cruz Naturalist

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Episodes: 94

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Santa Cruz Naturalist invites listeners to join UCSC Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate students as they explore nature in and around Santa Cruz County. Each episode will enrich your next experience with nature as you learn fascinating insights (from local experts) about the creatures that inhabit your favorite hiking trails, beaches and even your own backyard.

Episode Date
Steelhead Trout
Feb 20, 2024
Wildflowers (Part 2)
Jan 16, 2024
Wildflowers (Part 1)
Jan 09, 2024
Birds love aquaculture! Pt 2
Dec 19, 2023
Birds love aquaculture!
Oct 10, 2023
Bioluminescence
Aug 22, 2023
Sea Otter Drama
Jul 18, 2023
Fence Ecology
Apr 18, 2023
Fire Ecology and Cultural Burning - Part 2
Feb 28, 2023
Fire Ecology and Cultural Burning - Part 1
Feb 21, 2023
The Afterlives of Trees: Driftwood Ecology
Jan 17, 2023
Once common, now elusive: The Sunflower Seastar
Jan 10, 2023
Oyster Restoration in Elkhorn Slough
Dec 20, 2022
Eavesdropping on Life in the Deep Sea
Nov 23, 2022
Seabirds and Conservation, Part 2
Nov 15, 2022
Seabirds and Conservation, Part 1
Nov 08, 2022
Norris Center Naturalists - Dr. Gizelle Hurtado, Part 2
Nov 02, 2022
Norris Center Naturalists - Dr. Gizelle Hurtado, Part 1
Oct 25, 2022
Norris Center Naturalists: Dr. Andy Kulikowski, Part 2
Oct 20, 2022
Norris Center Naturalists: Dr. Andy Kulikowski, Part 1
Oct 11, 2022
Norris Center Naturalists: Dmitrius Rodriguez, Part 2
Sep 20, 2022
Fungus on the Brain: Part 1
Aug 22, 2022
An Appetite for Algae: Part 2
Aug 22, 2022
Norris Center Naturalists: Dmitrius Rodriguez, Part 1
Aug 16, 2022
Whale, Hello There!
Jul 20, 2022
Amazing Jays
Jun 21, 2022
Rocking Out in Santa Cruz, Part 2
May 17, 2022
Rocking Out in Santa Cruz, Part 1
Apr 19, 2022
An Appetite for Algae: Part 1
Apr 13, 2022
Sea Change: Episode 6
Mar 07, 2022
Sea Change: Episode 5
Feb 28, 2022
Sea Change: Episode 4
Feb 14, 2022
Sea Change: Episode 3
Feb 07, 2022
Sea Change: Episode 2
Feb 01, 2022
Sea Change: Episode 1
Jan 25, 2022
Phytoplankton: Tiny organisms, big impact
Dec 27, 2021
A History Lesson: Abalone in California
Dec 14, 2021
COP 26
Nov 16, 2021
Hanging Ten With Santa Cruz Surfperches: Part 1
Oct 19, 2021
Ctenophores and the Tree of Life, Part 2
Oct 13, 2021
Ctenophores and the Tree of Life, Part 1
Oct 13, 2021
Fossils!
Sep 27, 2021
Kelp Forest Critters: Meet the Abalone
Sep 21, 2021
A Sea of Salps
Aug 10, 2021
Tidepooling in Santa Cruz, Part 3
Aug 03, 2021
Does Behavior Play a Role in Creating Urchin Barrens?
Jul 13, 2021
Coralline Algae: The Unsung Hero of Our Reefs
Jun 15, 2021
Tidepooling in Santa Cruz, Part 2
Jun 08, 2021
Buried alive: How forest fires are putting endangered black abalone at risk
May 25, 2021
Rockfish of Monterey Bay, Part 2
Apr 06, 2021
Rockfish of Monterey Bay, Part 1
Mar 09, 2021
Birds in Your Backyard: Great Horned Owls Part 2
Mar 02, 2021
Col. Charles Young - First Black National Park Superintendent
Feb 23, 2021
Tidepooling in Santa Cruz, Part 1
Feb 09, 2021
Birds in your backyard IV: Great Horned Owls
Feb 01, 2021
Checking out our underwater reefs
Jan 26, 2021
Art as science communication
Jan 05, 2021
Life inside an urban garden
Dec 29, 2020
Furry Little Caterpillars: Introducing the Tussock Moth
Dec 16, 2020
Looking Underground: What Happens in the Soil After Fires
Nov 11, 2020
Forest health and wildfires
Oct 27, 2020
How do elephant seals sleep? Part 2
Oct 05, 2020
Forest fire ecology
Sep 29, 2020
The Curious Life (history) of Kelp
Sep 15, 2020
How do elephant seals sleep? Part I
Sep 08, 2020
Tracking invisible traces of life with environmental DNA
Aug 25, 2020
Alginates, the Mystery Compound Found in Kelp
Aug 10, 2020
Birds in your backyard III: Hummingbirds
Aug 02, 2020
Fort Ord Natural Reserve Pt. 2
Jul 27, 2020
Birds in your backyard II: House finches
Jul 06, 2020
Ride the Internal Waves of the Monterey Canyon
Jun 22, 2020
Scientific Detectives: Using eDNA to Examine Marine Ecosytems
Jun 08, 2020
Birds in your backyard I: Northern mockingbirds and California Towhees
Jun 01, 2020
Tiny Flowers: Preserving Gilia Tenuiflora
May 11, 2020
Fort Ord Natural Reserve Pt. 1
Apr 13, 2020
Monitoring Climate Change in the Kelp Forest With the Help of Citizen Scientists
Mar 23, 2020
California giant salamanders
Mar 02, 2020
Peregrine falcons: back from the brink (part 2)
Feb 03, 2020
Museum of the Macabre
Dec 24, 2019
Something's Fishy: Meet the Plague Minnow
Oct 29, 2019
Just For Fern
Oct 23, 2019
What Does It Take To Be a Santa Cruz Naturalist?
Sep 10, 2019
Peregrine falcons: back from the brink (part 1)
Sep 02, 2019
Westside's Hidden Gem: Younger Lagoon Reserve Pt. 1
Aug 20, 2019
Octopuses Have Personality? Pt 2
Jul 16, 2019
Seagrass of Elkhorn Slough
Jul 02, 2019
Birding Around in Natural Bridges State Beach
Jun 18, 2019
Golden Crowned Sparrows: More Than Just Little Brown Birds
Jun 04, 2019
Octopuses Have Personality? Pt 1
May 28, 2019
Seaweed Safari
Apr 23, 2019
Drilling Snails and Acidic Oceans
Apr 02, 2019
Meet the Candy Cap: Mushroom Foraging for Dessert Lovers
Mar 19, 2019
Sea otters, sea urchins and sea stars oh my!
Mar 05, 2019
Underwater Meadows: The Seagrass of Eastcliff
Feb 19, 2019