Stories of wildlife and animal behavior. Near the North Pole, examining a submarine. When we were getting ready to go to Antarctica, people warned us about polar bears. Polar bears, they pointed out, are fast, big, smart, dangerous. They are more inclined than other bears to view humans as fabulous taste explosions. There are no polar bears in Antarctica.

Just some more Santa Cruz Sentinel blog sites. Sentinel staff writer Jim Seimas on baseball, football and golf, from preps to pros. Editor Don Miller, on Santa Cruz County and beyond.

Yesterday, we were called to help a young coyote that had been observed stumbling around between homes off Branciforte Drive. When we arrived, it was lying on a thicket of poison oak and California blackberry. It was just a pup. With luck, the pup will get stronger and either join a pack of orphans for release back to the wild or be reunited with its pack. Mother opossum in a jam.

Mother raccoon moves out during the day. Today, we went to work on a home in Pacific Grove, shoring up all the vents except for one so the mother raccoon inside could still come and go. The next step would be to apply a repellent barrier with a certain mix of essential oils to encourage her to move her babies to another location. Sometimes we install an electronic device in the crawlspace to add pressure. Mother raccoon on the move. The two ducks were a bit skittish, as though they h.

On July 4th, residents feel like they are trapped in a war zone, unable to breathe the air outside, while their pets are terrorized. Many veterans of the modern wars suffer greatly on the 4th. Wildlife species have no tranquilizers. Support the existing prohibition of all fireworks in the County of Santa Cruz. Fireworks depredations in 2016 are less than in 2015.