Nature

Dennis captured a truly stunning photo of an athletic marine mammal in the Santa Barbara Channel.

Cody shares a cloudy mountain photo.

Joe shares a photo of a lone cloud over the Riviera.

The Santa Barbara Zoo announces there's a new flamingo chicklet in town.

Cody shares a fantastic photo of clouds over the ocean off the Santa Barbara coast.

Betsy shares a photo of fog rolling into the Santa Barbara Harbor on Saturday afternoon.

A reader shares a video of a bear walking through a neighborhood in Northern Goleta.

This month Governor Newsom signed a law providing new protections for white sharks in California waters.

A reader shares photos from the walk on Naples Beach this past Sunday.

The Zoo has three African sulcata tortoises who are all males and all hatched in September 1988, which means they are turning 34 years old!

It is hard to believe that the Paperbark Tree, one of the most drought tolerant trees grown locally, is native to a habitat of brackish swamps, wetlands, and sloughs.

A reader was running a trail in the San Marcos Preserve when he spotted something rare, a tarantula eating a snake!

Josh shares a photo of a curious crusteans or a seafood appetizer.

An edhat reader shares a photo of a sunrise over East Beach.

A reader reports a mountain lion was photographed walking on Calle Real in Winchester Canyon.

George shares a pre-dawn photo from the Santa Ynez Valley.

Zach Phillips, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden's Terrestrial Invertebrate Conservation Ecologist, 

Michael, the Santa Barbara Zoo's Masai giraffe, turned 16 years old on Wednesday.

The Mayten Tree is a perfect solution to the search to find a small- to medium-sized tree that does well in our area and that also carries the grace and beauty of a Weeping Willow.

The Los Padres National Forest reminds visitors to plan ahead and prepare for rising temperatures

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking data and comments on a proposal to list the Temblor legless lizard under the California Endangered Species Act.

A reader shares a photo of Cabrillo Blvd. early Sunday morning.

Significant changes to California’s groundfish sport fishing regulations are expected starting next year, in response to recent scientific information suggesting some nearshore groundfish species are in decline.

Josh shares a beautiful beach photo captured on Fiesta morning.

An agreement was reached to suspend new oil and gas leasing across more than one million acres of public lands in California’s Central Valley and Central Coast.

The Santa Barbara Zoo is deeply saddened to share that Audrey, the Zoo's 14-year-old female Masai giraffe, lost her calf late Wednesday night during childbirth.

A resident shares a video of a mountain lion roaming around Ladera Lane this past weekend.

The Dragon Tree is unlike any other tree that you might see -  strikingly exotic and otherworldly in appearance.

An edhat reader captured a photo of a hawk picking up a ground squirrel in Goleta.

[Update]: An edhat reader captured a photo of the rare and elusive Santa Barbara Volcano.