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Winter 1998
Vol. 51:1
Winter brings northern elephant seal bulls
to California's shore, where the two-ton males battle for prime beach
space and access to a harem of mates.
Photograph by
Robert Rattner.
Departments
Life
on the Edge
Act
1, Scene 2
•Keith
K. Howell
Horizons
El Nino's Tropical Punch
•Blake Edgar
Habitats
Returning Steelhead to Malibu Creek
•Gordy Slack
Counterpoints
in Science
Flirty Birds
•Jerold M. Lowenstein
Here
At The Academy
Wanderer in the Woods
•Lisa Owens-Viani
Reviews
•Robert Ornduff
on California's Wild Gardens
•Editors' Recommendations
Letters
Bouquets and Brickbats
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Features
Still Wild
Ten of California's untrammeled places, natural treasures still vulnerable
to a litany of man-made threats.
Extremely
Darwin
Richard Dawkins, the high priest of Darwinism, speaks on natural selection,
selfish genes, homosexuality, and religion.
Eyes
in the Back of Their Yards
Knowledgeable amateurs set up backyard telescopes and stake their claims
to cosmic research.
•Blake Edgar
At
Home in the
Natural World
Naturalist's Almanac
What to Look for this Winter
•Helen Dowling & Gordy Slack
Skyguide
Chronology of an Eclipse
•Bing F. Quock
Not available online:
Roller Coaster Ride of the Hawaiian Monk
Seal
As if avoiding the tiger sharks were not hard enough, the monk seals of
the isolated northwestern Hawaiian islands now must contend with the ripples
of our intrusion.
•Birgit Winning
River of Dreams
For years the Los Angeles River has been incarcerated behind concrete
walls. Now forces are gathering to give it some flooding room.
•David Wicinas
Science Track
Barbara Block Keeps Tabs on Tuna
•Anne M. Rosenthal
A Trail Less Traveled
Yosemite to Yourself
•Lucy jane Bledsoe
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