What’s a Nudibranch?

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Marvelous Millipedes

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Photos of various NW […]

COYOTES – LOVE ‘EM OR HATE ‘EM?

Once upon a time, just a couple of weeks ago, we had three beautiful cats. Two of them, Oreo and Cody, we had for over ten years. The other was a stray we found on the side of the road a couple of years ago that we named Maxine. Then one morning I left […]

Know Your Barnacles

You’re walking along the rocky Northwest ocean shore line and you see then by the billions and gazillions. Barnacles, barnacles, and more barnacles. The cling to every rock, pylon, piece of drift wood, shell, and just about anything else touched by the sea. These non-descript bits of life and their protective shells seem to encrust […]

The Northwestern Brown Salamander

You’d think an amphibian exceeding eight inches in length, common enough to be found from California to Alaska, and hardy enough to live in elevations from sea level to eight or ten thousand feet would be a familiar sight. But this is definitely not the case with the Northwestern Brown Salamander. Not that salamanders […]