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CALIFORNIA WILD

Spring 1997
Vol 50.2

cover fall 1999

Large multifaceted eyes give mantids almost 360 degree vision. The three simple eyes (ocelli) atop a mantid's head help discriminate between light and dark.

Photograph by Edward S. Ross.

Departments
Counterpoints in Science
The Future Fights Back
Jerold M. Lowenstein

Horizons
Living Machines
Blake Edgar

Habitats
Seeing the Dunes for Trees
Gordy Slack

Here at The Academy
Under Our Wings
Gordy Slack

Reviews
Luis Baptista
on The Minds of Birds
Nina Jablonski
on From Lucy to Language

Features
On the Farallones
Where Seabirds Live in a World Apart
Blake Edgar

Preying Mantids
Hiding in Plain sight
Roberta Brett

At Home in the
Natural World

Naturalist's Almanac
What to look for this Spring
Gordy Slack

A Trail Less Traveled
Jughandle State Reserve: Terraces in Time
Rasa Gustaitis

Wild Lives
Baobabs: Gnarled Upside-down Giants
Frank Almeda

Not available online:
Greener Pastures
Conservation, Cows, or Condos
Susan Davis

Our Quivering Crust
Tectonics from Space
Howard Zebker

Editorial
Access
Keith K. Howell

Skyguide
Ice on the Moon?
Bing F. Quock

Letters
Science under siege
Sea otter diverstiy