An Exercise in Imagination
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Published: June 6, 2025 20:29
This week I attended the Hollywood Climate Summit. The panels at this event explored the harmful effects of media productions on our environment, the steps various companies and productions are taking to become more sustainable, and climate solutions that…
Are You Looking?
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Published: May 31, 2025 00:28
Why are public lands and other areas designated for conservation important?Surely these areas would be better used for increasing housing and for businesses, right?And yet many environmentalists advocate for us not to build on these lands. You may be…
Listen Then Look
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Published: May 24, 2025 00:06
One of the best ways of spotting lizards is to look for them. Often, they’ll see and hear you before you can do either.
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To Re-Grow A Tail
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Published: May 17, 2025 00:07
At this point, I think we all know about caudal autonomy in lizards.Many species can drop all or part of their tail. They have specialized vertebrae down their entire tail, think of them like Lego pieces. At each vertebra (Lego piece), they can drop their…
Center of Attention
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Published: May 9, 2025 23:30
A couple of weeks ago, we talked about iNaturalist and The City Nature Challenge. I hope you all got out and had the chance to make some observations. Recently, the Los Angeles Times featured the Western fence lizard. After reviewing the data, they found…
Light or Dark Mode?
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Published: May 2, 2025 02:31
Personally, I keep my phone in dark mode all the time however, the granite night lizard (Xantusia henshawi) can color change from light mode to dark mode depending on the time of day. This is a mostly nocturnal lizard that can sometimes be seen at dusk and…