BioBlitz Bug Man Inspires us to Look for Diversity in our Backyard
Veteran BioBlitzer Gary Hevel is at the Golden Gate Parks BioBlitz in San Francisco this year, along with thousands of species of insects he collected in his backyard in Silver Spring, Maryland, just...
View ArticleBioBlitz Bobcast: Hunting for Microbial DNA
By Bob Hirshon, Program Director in the Education Directorate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Until this year, identifying organisms at the BioBlitz was based purely...
View ArticleBioBlitz Bobcast: Night Time Bat Walk
By Bob Hirshon, Program Director in the Education Directorate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) When the sun goes down, the Presidio area of Golden Gate National Parks...
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BioBlitz Identifies More than 80 Species New to Golden Gate Parks
The initial scientific species count as of the BioBlitz Closing Ceremony this weekend was 2,304, with well over 8,600 observations recorded over the course of the two-day event, the organizers said in...
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BioBlitz on Alcatraz: Hundreds of Species Logged for Island Gardens
Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay is a part of the the Golden Gate National Recreation Area best known for its birds and the penitentiary from which no successful escape was recorded. But it is also the...
View ArticleListening to the BioBlitz at Night (Nature Sound Files)
By Dan Dugan, Nature Sounds Society I and my partner Sharon Perry, board members of the Nature Sounds Society, have been recording at Muir Woods for many years. One year we recorded the dawn chorus in...
View ArticleBiodiversity Gold: Photos from the Golden Gate BioBlitz
By Jen Shook Once famous for its gold deposits, the San Francisco area now hosts a different treasure. The Golden Gate National Parks that surround the city are home to over 35 endangered, rare, and...
View ArticleBioBlitz Finds 2,300+ Species in Golden Gate Parks (Video)
Rain doesn’t stop the BioBlitz. Citizen scientists scoured the waters and grounds of Golden Gates National Parks, from Muir Woods to the Presidio, for all the plant, animal, and insect species they...
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Biodiversity Youth Ambassadors Blog from Golden Gate BioBlitz
By NPS Biodiversity Youth Ambassadors Reblogged with permission of the National Park Service Biological Resource Management Division, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Our BioBlitz youth...
View ArticleBioBlitz Bobcast: Counting Critters and Organizing Organisms
By Bob Hirshon, Program Director in the Education Directorate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) In this installment of BioBlitz 2014 video coverage, we highlight the...
View ArticleBioBlitz Bobcast: It’s a Wrap
By Bob Hirshon, Program Director in the Education Directorate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) The final tally for this year’s BioBlitz at Golden Gate National Parks...
View ArticleWild Cats in San Francisco’s Backyard
Every year at BioBlitz, National Geographic and the U.S. National Park Service rally to get people young and old to explore the wild spaces around them during a whirlwind 24-hour search to identify...
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Finding Your Passion in the National Parks
I recently heard someone ask, “Why is it National Park Week now? Everyone goes to the national parks in summer.” I think that’s exactly why it’s National Park Week now. Most park visitors do go during...
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May 4, 2014: Driving to the World’s Coldest Cities and Cracking the Humor Code
Life is hard in the world’s coldest places. But the locals there need the cold winters for their livelihood. On the Pole of Cold Expedition, Felicity Aston drove 18,000 miles to visit cities where the...
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San Francisco’s Parks Scoured in Wildlife Inventory
The Golden Gate Bridge looms large over the much-invaded San Francisco Bay. The waters host more than 300 invasive species, which is thought to be a record. (photo by Christian Mehlführer) One soggy...
View ArticleA Virtual Walk in the Woods, Courtesy of CBS and BioBlitz
Families across the United States this weekend got a glimpse of the annual National Geographic and National Park Service BioBlitz. CBS Sunday Morning took viewers into the recent team-up with the...
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Facts and Photos From an Australian BioBlitz
The eastern long-necked turtle may look slow on land but is sleek and powerful when it hits the water. (Photo by Jen Shook) When groups from around the world gather in a place as wild as Australia for...
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Here’s What 40,000 Photos of Wildlife Looks Like
By Carrie Seltzer, National Geographic People all around the world submitted nearly 40,000 observations of plants, animals, and fungi to create a global snapshot of biodiversity last month, as part of...
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Hear Hawaiian Songbirds Start the Day with a Dawn Chorus
By Amy Werner Each morning those of us who rise after the sun are missing a free daily performance, known as the dawn chorus, sung by early rising avian vocalists in our own backyards. An ‘apapane,...
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Using Science, Exploration, and Storytelling to Change the World in 2015
Every day, the National Geographic Society advances our legacy of studying, exploring, and protecting the planet. And this year proved that there’s still so much left to explore—from discovering a new...
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