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Winter 2004
Vol. 57:1
Blue
shark off Southern California surrounded by jack mackerel.
Photograph by Richard Herrmann.
Departments
Life
On The Edge
The Future of Fish
•Keith K. Howell
Horizons
Yellowstone's Top Dog
•Kathleen M. Wong
Habitats
Ballona: The Little Wetland
That Could
•Gordy Slack
Counterpoints
in Science
The Science of Luck
•Jerold M. Lowenstein
Letters
to the Editor
A Vote for the SUV
Here
At The Academy
Grateful Hosts
•Suzanne Ubick
Reviews
•Peter Rodda, June Anderson, Jan Timbrook
on Early Californians
•Tom Tucker
on Sharks
•Barbara Andrews
on Sea Turtles
•Editors' Recommendations
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Features
The
Rise of Slime
Marine biologist Jeremy Jackson has become an outspoken advocate
of the world's sea creatures.
•Naomi Lubick
In
the Company of Condors
Condors are again flying over California's forests, but they
aren't out of the woods yet. Their newest threat comes from bullet
lead in carcasses.
•Phil McKenna
At Home
in the
Natural World
A Closer
Look
Mussel Rock Beach
•Dan Sudran
Skyguide
Wandering Stars
•Bing F. Quock
Naturalist's
Almanac
What to Look for This Winter
•David Lukas
Not
available online:
Blue Shark Blues
Once the rulers of Southern California seas, blue sharks now face
tough times.
•Richard Herrmann
What A Difference A Degree
Makes
Before people began interfering with global climate,
natural forces imposed rhythms on Pacific temperatures.
•Cameron Walker
Saving Small Wild Places
After an encounter with California oaks, Emily Polk became an
ardent champion of open space. Over the next decade she helped save
many wild places.
•Susan Stewart
Wave Rider
Alone of all insects, Halobates has adapted to a unique
niche: the surface of the open ocean.
•Pamela Turner
Inkstones of the Thunder
Gods
A meteor crash millions of years ago created a cache of strange
stones in California's wine country.
•Rob Loughran
In Pursuit of Science
The recluse spider exposed.
•Tim Omarzu
Wild Lives
Fleeting glimpses of pronghorns.
•Helen Wagenvoord
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