Monthly Archives: January 2023

When visitors see tan or white clumps of foam riding the tides in the slough or on the bay, they often ask “Where did that come from?” They are thinking of pollution. Maybe someone was washing a car by the … Continue reading →

This Oregon junco, one of the most common birds in the Pacific Northwest, evolved at a very rapid rate as glaciers retreated 10,000 years ago. DNA studies tell us that the ancestor of this and all of North America’s millions … Continue reading →