As the weather cools, insects are scarcer. However, our mild winters mean we still see them roam our neighborhood parks...

The Texas Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon texanus) is one of the most common native bees in San Diego County and...

Did you know there are things around you that you most likely never or rarely see? They are well camouflaged...

It is Western Jimson Weed (Datura wrightii) season. Some of you may know this beautiful plant as sacred datura, just...

Imagine, if you will, a pair of pigeons on a rooftop. They see you walk by on the street below....

Every spring, I find myself having to go back to school. Butterfly school that is. In the gossamer-winged butterfly family...

By PATRICIA SIMPSON In a world where the European Honeybee (Apis mellifera) gets all the publicity and glory for pollination,...

By PATRICIA SIMPSON A gall is an abnormal growth caused by certain insects or mites on the leaf, bud, or...

By PATRICIA SIMPSON Imagine yourself lying down in the middle of the road (don’t do it) and a car comes...

By PATRICIA SIMPSON Considering the number of amazing observations at Mission Trails Regional Park on iNaturalist (over 760 this June),...