Central Coast Naturalist

Join us this week on Santa Cruz Naturalist as the Director of the Younger Lagoon Reserve, Elizabeth Howard, takes Emily on a tour of the lagoon. This feature is just Part 1 of an interview with Elizabeth where she delves in to the interesting flora and fauna found within the Younger Lagoon. Tune in again the week of October 14th to hear Part 2 of this interview where we will explore the unique dune habitat that helps make Younger Lagoon such a special place.

This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist Emily continues her discussion with UCSC graduate candidate and SCN co-host Kelley Voss about her work on octopuses.

This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist, Emily returns to Elkhorn slough with UCSC graduate candidate, Kat Beheshti to learn more about unique ecosystems found within the slough. 

This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist Emily takes a walk through Natural Bridges State Beach with UCSC graduate student Christa Siedl. Christa introduces listeners to some of the common birds found within the park.

This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist Emily chats with Ornithologist (and SCN co-host) Theadora Block about her work on golden crowned sparrows.

This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist Emily chats with UCSC graduate candidate Kelley Voss (and SCN co-host) about her work on octopuses. This is part 1 of an interview with Kelley. Tune in on the week of July 15, 2019 for part 2.

This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist, Emily Donham takes a walk through the intertidal with Dr. Kristen Heady-Kusic to search for some of her favorite seaweeds. 

This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist Emily chats with Dr. Gina Contolini to learn about some of her dissertation work in the rocky intertidal found along Westcliff. Her work focuses on marine snails that spit acid to dissolve the shells of their prey, mussels. Tune in to learn more!

This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist Emily ventures into the woods surrounding Aptos with local mushroom expert, Philip Carpenter. If you'd like to learn more about mushrooms around Santa Cruz (and beyond) please visit the Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz at: http://ffsc.us/

This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist, Emily Donham chats with Dr. Josh Smith about some his work on kelp forests in Monterey Bay. He explains how changes to predators and prey can have major impacts on kelp within the bay.