What if the methods of raising pileated woodpeckers we perfected at the Tulsa Zoo could help conserve ivory-billed woodpeckers?

“This here’s a woolly monkey,” Gary said, “from South America. When you’re hosin’ down, keep your hands outside the bars.” Read Beth Ann Mathews’ essay from when she was a zookeeper in Indiana. Hippocampus Magazine.

Beth shares a harrowing excerpt from her book Deep Waters, family highlights from 2023, and a nature note about how great blue herons use their middle toes to keep their feathers clean.

Sandhill Cranes are on their wintering grounds now. If you live close enough, consider a field trip to visit these remarkable, unusual birds.

Deep Waters is now available as an audiobook wherever audiobooks are sold, narrated by classically trained actor and director Alex Picard!

Beth & Jim complete the 9-week expedition on their sailboat, a much longer and tougher journey than expected, but also rewarding.

Beth & Jim face rough conditions off Cape Mendocino on board their sailboat, where they encounter an injured blue whale—possibly the survivor of a ship strike or entanglement in fishing gear.

Netflix Movie, California Christmas, City Lights, features Beth and Jim’s sailboat Resilience in a romantic dinner scene between Josh Strickland and Lauren Strickland.

Harbor seals challenge each other for space, a mate, or status in San Francisco Bay’s Horseshoe Cove.

Sailing vessel Resilience crosses the hazardous shallow sandbar at the mouth of Tomales Bay. Warning: The Tomales Entrance bar is dangerous and should not be attempted by boaters unfamiliar with the area.

Beth and Jim experience wildfire smoke while anchored in a remote location in their sailboat. Jim secures an N95 face mask to a computer fan to create an air filter.

August 2020 - In recent decades, humpback and blue whales have become more abundant in the waters off Central California. But this summer, concentrations of blue whales were higher than ever …