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Awaiting the count – gray whales population has been declining
Whale experts are anxiously awaiting the 2024 count, which could hold more bad news about migratory gray whales, whose population has been declining.
‘They aren’t native’: The wild pig problem in Monterey County
With incessant rain softening the ground and promoting plant and insect growth, Monterey County is experiencing a big pig problem.
How a series of gruesome seal deaths on the California coast led researchers to a surprise predator
The coyotes’ taste for marine mammals could be genuinely new, or it could be that researchers are just beginning to notice it.
UC Santa Cruz researchers build AI to prevent drownings
In partnership with NOAA and funded by UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Coastal Climate Resilience, Alex Pang and his team are working on algorithms — sets of programmed instructions —...