By guest blogger Jason Parks December 2, 2012 First published in the Martinez Patch For the past 14 years I have lived in Martinez with direct access to Hidden Lakes Park. I have walked my dog many times there and around the lakes. The lakes have always been...
By guest blogger Rich Stallcup October 4, 2012 Sometime around 1.8 million years ago, Eurasian River Otters (Lutra lutra) crossed the Bering Land Bridge onto the North American continent. Analysis of molecular clustering suggests that North American River Otters...
By guest blogger Dave Weichers September 18, 2012 The four otters were in the water on Sunday when I arrived at he West end of Rodeo Lagoon. The bobcat frequently hides in the reeds and runs out on the beach to catch a gull at the West end of the lagoon, but was...
by Megan Isadore, Executive Director, River Otter Ecology Project August 25, 2012 In the days when the earth was new and there were no men but only animals the sun was far away in the sky. It was so far away that there was no summer. It was so far away that the trees...
by Paola Bouley, Co-founder, River Otter Ecology Project August 13, 2012 Studying river otters can sometimes easily be mistaken for hanging loose on the beach — as researchers we walk, climb, and sometimes just sit, watch and record along some of the most beautiful...
