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Join us on YouTube while we use popular children's books and stories to talk about local wildlife! This week's program is part of our Desert Series. The California desert is an AMAZING ecosystem that is burgeoning with life!! What is the largest desert spider? Where can a bird live in the desert? How many kinds […]

Join us for our weekly YouTube program! This week, it's about feeding wildlife. Who's your favorite? Hummingbirds, scrub jays, or squirrels? Or do you prefer raccoons and skunks? Who are you feeding, what are you feeding them and why? What do these animals eat in the wild? Are there negative consequences to feeding wildlife? Join […]

Join us on YouTube while we use popular children's books and stories to talk about local wildlife! This week's program is part of our Desert Series. The California desert is an AMAZING ecosystem that is burgeoning with life!! What is the largest desert spider? Where can a bird live in the desert? How many kinds […]

Join us for our weekly YouTube program! This week, we're talking about local reptiles! Join Wildlife Educator Dana Stangel of Teranga Ranch as we learn more about our local reptile neighbors. Do you have questions about lizards? What kinds of snakes live here? How can I be safe where rattlers live? I hear toads at […]

Join us on YouTube while we use popular children's books and stories to talk about local wildlife! This week's program is all about mountain lions and how they are doing in the Los Angeles area.

Join Teranga for our weekly YouTube program! This week, we're talking mountain lions in Southern California! We are so lucky to have mountain lions in the Los Angeles area, but they face many challenges on the urban interface. Let's talk about physiology, behavior, whether or not they are coming right for us, current status locally […]

Join us on YouTube while we use popular children's books and stories to talk about local wildlife! This week's program uses The Kissing Hand to talk about local raccoons. Have you ever seen a raccoon in real life? Did you know they share backyards with many people? These social and urban little beasts could spend […]

Join Teranga for our weekly YouTube program! This week we're talking about Coyotes, Bobcats and Foxes. Let's talk about the similarities and differences between these three urban predators. How does a fox climb up AND DOWN a tree? Why do I see a bobcat during the day? What's coyote's favorite food? What are these urban […]