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Category: Creature Feature
Throwback Creature Feature: Army Ants
Check out this post from 2018!
Creature Feature: Death Valley Pupfish
An unlikely creature for the hottest place on Earth
Creature Feature: Vampire Bat
Cute, sociable, bloodthirsty: Twilight, jungle edition.
Creature Feature: Native Freshwater Mussels
California’s freshwater streams are home to a surprising variety of shellfish. Clusters of bivalves nestle themselves among the small pebbles and overhangs of riverbeds, sometimes almost indiscernible from their surroundings. Though these organisms may not be in the spotlight, each one of the species plays an important role in riparian ecosystems. None are more important…
Throwback Creature Feature: Wild Turkey
We’re talking turkey in this throwback post from 2018!
Creature Feature: Gursky’s Spectral Tarsier
For our Halloween Special, we dive into the dark jungle to take a closer look at this mysterious, bug-eyed insect eater…
Creature Feature: Querequequé
Incognito, understudied, and onomatopoetic…spot this week’s creature!
Creature Feature: Douglas Squirrel
Picture this: you’re on a hike in the mixed conifer forests around Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada. Ancient, resolute pines sway gently above you in the mountain breeze, dappling the sunlight around you. All is quiet besides the faint rustle of branches in the breeze and the crunch of needles under your boots. Suddenly,…
Creature Feature: Hula Painted Frog
Flashy yet inconspicuous – this week’s featured creature!