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THIS WEEK IN
CALIFORNIA WILD

Fall 1998
Vol. 51:4

cover fall 1999

In the heart of Madagascar's Ranamofana National Park in the eastern rainforest, a giraffe beetle takes flight.

Photograph by Dong Lin

Departments
Life on the Edge
California Antipodes
Keith K. Howell

Horizons
The Scoop on Dinosaur Dung
Blake Edgar

Habitats
Mining Mojave's National Parks
Gordy Slack

Counterpoints in Science
Being of Two Minds
Jerold M. Lowenstein

Here at the Academy
The Art of Science
Gordy Slack

Reviews
Leighton Taylor
on the Giant Squid
Editors' Recommendations

Letters to the Editor
Questions for Quincy
Only the Turtle Knows
Spirit of Mary Austin
Too Glossy by Half

Features
No Time For Lemurs
Entomologists from the California Academy of Sciences scour Madagascar's eastern rainforest for the island's endemic insects and spiders.
Keith K. Howell

The Geology of Fine Wines
Napa Valley's varied soil, geology, and climate have combined to create extraordinary wines.
John Livingston

At Home in the
Natural World

Skyguide
Meteor Shower or Storm
Bing F. Quock

Naturalist's Almanac
What to See This Fall
Monica McGee

Wild Lives
Weedy Scorpionfish
John E. McCosker

A Trail Less Traveled
Sierra Buttes
David Lukas

Not available online:
Tracking the Unseen Cat
From fur, footprints and occasional scat, volunteers pursue phantom panthers and other wild mammals that make their home in the shadow of San Diego's freeways.
Peter Friederici

Reunion with a Chinese Redwood
Fifty years after the first American expedition to document the newly discovered dawn redwood, the author returns to China to learn how the tree has fared.
Willian Gittlen

Song of Europa
If there is extraterrestrial life in our solar system, it most likely exists beneath the surface of this Jovian moon.
Seth Shostak

Science Track
Richard Tenaza
Lisa Owens-Viani