THE SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

  • MBARI researchers scooping a fish from the weir

    Environmental DNA reveals the secrets of a California creek and beyond

    Dec. 26, 2021

    “We call this a microbiology lab in a can,” said Jim Birch, director of the SURF center at the Moss Landing-based Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

    (Republished in The Monterey Herald and The Santa Cruz Sentinel.)

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  • Ventana Wildlife Society is rebuilding its Big Sur Condor Sanctuary from the ashes

    Nov. 21, 2021

    More than a year after the Dolan Fire decimated its facilities, the Ventana Wildlife Society is finally picking up the burned pieces and rebuilding on the ashen ground.

    (Republished from The Monterey Herald.)

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  • New decision will help protect leatherback turtles but won’t save their falling populations

    Nov. 7, 2021

    Recent legislation labels leatherback sea turtles as “endangered” under the California Endangered Species Act. But while it adds another slab of security for these aquatic reptiles, it won’t wholly revitalize their numbers.

    (Republished from The Monterey Herald.)

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