Santa Cruz Naturalist
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.Podcasts
Birds love aquaculture! Pt 2
Published: Dec. 19, 2023, 12:03 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 33 seconds
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Birds love aquaculture!
Published: Oct. 10, 2023, 2 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 5 seconds
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Fire Ecology and Cultural Burning - Part 2
Published: Feb. 28, 2023, 6 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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Fire Ecology and Cultural Burning - Part 1
Published: Feb. 21, 2023, 6 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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The Afterlives of Trees: Driftwood Ecology
Published: Jan. 17, 2023, 6 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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Once common, now elusive: The Sunflower Seastar
Published: Jan. 10, 2023, 3:42 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 4 seconds
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Oyster Restoration in Elkhorn Slough
Published: Dec. 20, 2022, 5 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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Eavesdropping on Life in the Deep Sea
Published: Nov. 23, 2022, 1:21 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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Seabirds and Conservation, Part 2
Published: Nov. 15, 2022, 10:34 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 26 seconds
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Seabirds and Conservation, Part 1
Published: Nov. 8, 2022, 10:32 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 16 seconds
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Norris Center Naturalists - Dr. Gizelle Hurtado, Part 1
Published: Oct. 25, 2022, 3 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 57 seconds
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Seabirds and Wind Energy
Published: Oct. 18, 2022, 8:18 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 44 seconds
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Norris Center Naturalists: Dr. Andy Kulikowski, Part 1
Published: Oct. 11, 2022, 1 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes
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Fungus on the Brain: Part 1
Published: Aug. 22, 2022, 4:50 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 5 seconds
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An Appetite for Algae: Part 2
Published: Aug. 22, 2022, 12:13 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 41 seconds
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Norris Center Naturalists: Dmitrius Rodriguez, Part 1
Published: Aug. 16, 2022, 8:51 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 1 second
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Whale, Hello There!
Published: July 20, 2022, 3 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 37 seconds
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Rocking Out in Santa Cruz, Part 2
Published: May 17, 2022, 3 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 34 seconds
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Rocking Out in Santa Cruz, Part 1
Published: April 19, 2022, 2 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 35 seconds
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An Appetite for Algae: Part 1
Published: April 13, 2022, 5:32 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 6 seconds
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An Appetite for Algae
Published: April 13, 2022, 5:32 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 6 seconds
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Sea Change: Episode 6
Published: March 7, 2022, 11 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 12 seconds
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Sea Change: Episode 5
Published: Feb. 28, 2022, 10 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 27 seconds
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Sea Change: Episode 4
Published: Feb. 14, 2022, 10 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 26 seconds
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Sea Change: Episode 3
Published: Feb. 7, 2022, 10 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 27 seconds
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Sea Change: Episode 2
Published: Feb. 1, 2022, 2:01 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 32 seconds
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Sea Change: Episode 1
Published: Jan. 25, 2022, 2 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 20 seconds
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Phytoplankton: Tiny organisms, big impact
Published: Dec. 27, 2021, 7 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 6 seconds
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A History Lesson: Abalone in California
Published: Dec. 14, 2021, 2 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 11 seconds
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Hanging Ten With Santa Cruz Surfperches: Part 1
Published: Oct. 19, 2021, 3 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 51 seconds
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Ctenophores and the Tree of Life, Part 2
Published: Oct. 13, 2021, 5:58 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 13 seconds
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Ctenophores and the Tree of Life, Part 1
Published: Oct. 13, 2021, 5:18 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 35 seconds
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Kelp Forest Critters: Meet the Abalone
Published: Sept. 21, 2021, 11 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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Tidepooling in Santa Cruz, Part 3
Published: Aug. 3, 2021, 7 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 49 seconds
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Does Behavior Play a Role in Creating Urchin Barrens?
Published: July 13, 2021, 2 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 56 seconds
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Coralline Algae: The Unsung Hero of Our Reefs
Published: June 15, 2021, 2 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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Tidepooling in Santa Cruz, Part 2
Published: June 8, 2021, 3 a.m.Duration: 2 minutes 36 seconds
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Buried alive: How forest fires are putting endangered black abalone at risk
Published: May 25, 2021, 12:22 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 5 seconds
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Rockfish of Monterey Bay, Part 2
Published: April 6, 2021, 2 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 29 seconds
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Rockfish of Monterey Bay, Part 1
Published: March 9, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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Birds in Your Backyard: Great Horned Owls Part 2
Published: March 2, 2021, 4:34 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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Col. Charles Young - First Black National Park Superintendent
Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 4:43 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 3 seconds
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Tidepooling in Santa Cruz, Part 1
Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 2 minutes 27 seconds
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Birds in your backyard IV: Great Horned Owls
Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 5:49 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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Checking out our underwater reefs
Published: Jan. 26, 2021, 4:23 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 2 seconds
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Art as science communication
Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 4:04 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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Life inside an urban garden
Published: Dec. 29, 2020, 6 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 48 seconds
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Furry Little Caterpillars: Introducing the Tussock Moth
Published: Dec. 16, 2020, 2 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 42 seconds
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Looking Underground: What Happens in the Soil After Fires
Published: Nov. 11, 2020, 5:51 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 54 seconds
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Forest health and wildfires
Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 57 seconds
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How do elephant seals sleep? Part 2
Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 2:11 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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The Curious Life (history) of Kelp
Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 2 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 44 seconds
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How do elephant seals sleep? Part I
Published: Sept. 8, 2020, 6:46 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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Tracking invisible traces of life with environmental DNA
Published: Aug. 25, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 48 seconds
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Alginates, the Mystery Compound Found in Kelp
Published: Aug. 10, 2020, 10 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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Birds in your backyard III: Hummingbirds
Published: Aug. 2, 2020, 7 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 57 seconds
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Fort Ord Natural Reserve Pt. 2
Published: July 27, 2020, 10 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 2 seconds
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Birds in your backyard II: House finches
Published: July 6, 2020, 7 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 59 seconds
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Ride the Internal Waves of the Monterey Canyon
Published: June 22, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 54 seconds
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Scientific Detectives: Using eDNA to Examine Marine Ecosytems
Published: June 8, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 41 seconds
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Birds in your backyard I: Northern mockingbirds and California Towhees
Published: June 1, 2020, 7 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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Tiny Flowers: Preserving Gilia Tenuiflora
Published: May 11, 2020, 10 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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Fort Ord Natural Reserve Pt. 1
Published: April 13, 2020, 11 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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Monitoring Climate Change in the Kelp Forest With the Help of Citizen Scientists
Published: March 23, 2020, 11 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 45 seconds
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California giant salamanders
Published: March 2, 2020, 9 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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Peregrine falcons: back from the brink (part 2)
Published: Feb. 3, 2020, 9 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes
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Museum of the Macabre
Published: Dec. 24, 2019, 1 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 29 seconds
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Something's Fishy: Meet the Plague Minnow
Published: Oct. 29, 2019, midnightDuration: 4 minutes 54 seconds
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What Does It Take To Be a Santa Cruz Naturalist?
Published: Sept. 10, 2019, 3 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 57 seconds
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Peregrine falcons: back from the brink (part 1)
Published: Sept. 2, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 6 seconds
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Westside's Hidden Gem: Younger Lagoon Reserve Pt. 1
Published: Aug. 20, 2019, 3 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 12 seconds
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Octopuses Have Personality? Pt 2
Published: July 16, 2019, 2 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 29 seconds
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Seagrass of Elkhorn Slough
Published: July 2, 2019, 2 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 34 seconds
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Birding Around in Natural Bridges State Beach
Published: June 18, 2019, 2 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 11 seconds
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Golden Crowned Sparrows: More Than Just Little Brown Birds
Published: June 4, 2019, 2 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 47 seconds
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Octopuses Have Personality? Pt 1
Published: May 28, 2019, 2 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 57 seconds
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Drilling Snails and Acidic Oceans
Published: April 2, 2019, 2 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 37 seconds
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Meet the Candy Cap: Mushroom Foraging for Dessert Lovers
Published: March 19, 2019, 3 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 1 second
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Sea otters, sea urchins and sea stars oh my!
Published: March 5, 2019, 3 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 54 seconds
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Underwater Meadows: The Seagrass of Eastcliff
Published: Feb. 19, 2019, 1 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 44 seconds
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