Natural History Club at San Diego State University

02/14/2019

Abril

Fauna del Noroeste is having a workshop on Baja California Amphibians and Reptiles including a trip to Sierra San Pendro Martir! This would be great for the resume!
https://www.faunadelnoroeste.org/noticias/

¡Taller de anfibios y reptiles 2019! ¿Cuándo? Sesión A) 12 al 15 de Marzo del 2019 Sesión B) 9 al 12 de abril del 2019 ¿Dónde?: Rancho Meling, Sierra San Pedro Mártir. Ensenada Baja California. Los invitamos este 9-12 de Abril a asistir a el taller de anfibios y reptiles el cual podrás ver ...

11/27/2018

Hundreds of Cedar Waxwings on campus this morning

10/23/2018

Body snatcher! Not only is it a horror movie classic, it’s also the topic of today’s club meeting 🎃🍂 come learn about some creepy critters at 5pm in LSN 269!!

Food and drink are also provided

10/09/2018

Hello zoology club members! Our next meeting is TODAY at 5pm—

We’ll have pizza for you all, as well as some ways exciting ways to document the flora and fauna you see every day! 🐝🌻

Please bring $10 for club dues so we can continue planning some great events, & we’ll see you there!

05/01/2018

Opinion | Nature Is Risky. That’s Why Students Need It.

This NYT article is relevant to the club and the important experiences we help provide

Some hate the jungle, but most find hidden strength and unanticipated freedom.

04/30/2018

Reminder: our last field trip of the year is here!

For the last day of the City Nature Challenge, the NHC is hosting a grunion run TONIGHT at 10:15pm 🐟

If you would like to car pool, you can meet us at Lot 16/A on campus by 9:15pm. Or if you catch your own ride, find us at 8300 Camino Del Oro by 9:45 so we can walk down to the shore.

Be sure to grab your jeans, jackets, and flashlights. We’ll see you there!

04/05/2018

The NHC is going camping!!
Join us in observing Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve's many species 🐍🌾

From 12:00pm on Saturday, April 7th, to 12:00pm Sunday, April 8th, we will be on a mission to find, identify, and log as many organisms as possible.

Participants are able to join us any time between these hours, HOWEVER, you must sign a liability waiver to do so! Also, note that the property is locked -- you must tell us you are coming so we can let you in.
If you would like to stay for the full event, we will be camping overnight at the field station.

SMER is an SDSU-owned property and is not open to the public. Don't miss this great opportunity to explore native plants and wildlife in a preserved ecosystem!

If you are interested, please email us at naturalhistorysdsu 'at' gmail 'dot' com and we can get the waiver & event details to you. We hope to hear from you!

03/15/2018

Hello everyone! Are you ready for some friendly competition? Join us TODAY from 3pm to 6pm for our kickball match -- more info below!!

-We will be meeting at 2:45 in front of the ARC
-Please bring water, athletic attire, and running shoes
-If you can, bring one plain and one colorful shirt to help clarify teams
-Feel free to bring your friends with you!!

01/13/2018

retire.sdsu.edu

Casey Richart and Dr. Kevin Burns recently wrote a short article on birding SDSU. The article is on page 10. I hope more natural history was part of y'alls 2018 resolutions!
http://retire.sdsu.edu/newsletterPS/Fall_Winter2017.pdf

12/11/2017

Lost Toad Found--Let's Protect It!

Check out this beautiful T-shirt, a perfect gift in time for the holidays! The artwork (by Nathalie Aall) commemorates the Tandayapa Andean toad (Rhaebo olallai), one of the rarest amphibians in the world. Rediscovered after 40 years of "extinction" -- and occupying just 100 meters of threatened Ecuadorian streams -- this species needs your help. Proceeds will be given to The Biodiversity Group for eDNA work.

We need to identify critical habitat for this species and many more, and then help our partners in Ecuador to purchase land and hire locals to protect it.

10/25/2017

Don't forget guys: graduate discussion panel from 4-5 pm in LSN 101 tomorrow to go over tips/tricks into applying and succeeding in your dream graduate program! :)

09/27/2017

A few of us are birding campus tomorrow for a few hours starting at 0700 at Scripps (turtle) Pond. Join us if you'd like! Please let us know by posting here or sending a message to Casey Richart, Sam Fellows, or Nick Vinciguerra.

09/21/2017

Perhaps of interest to some of you naturalists

Can't wait to see you all at our next meeting!

09/20/2017

Hey guys! Here's what's coming up this week in events at the [email protected]!
September 23rd, 7:45 am: birding at Mission Trails Regional Park
September 27th, 5 pm: speaker Dr. Joseph Mendelson, general meeting
E-mail us at [email protected] for questions! We hope to see you there!

09/05/2017

Our first meeting is tomorrow!! Please join us on Wednesday, September 6th, at 5 pm in LSS 269 to meet your new officers and see what the NHC has in store for 2017/18!

08/25/2017

Why Ecology Needs Natural History

What we do is necessary.

The two fields' intertwined histories show that most theoretical breakthroughs are preceded by the kind of deep observational work that has fallen out of vogue in the past half century.

07/19/2017

This conservation biology and wildlife job board may be of interest:
wildlifejobboard.weebly.com

06/05/2017

The World's Rarest And Most Ancient Dog Has Been Re-Discovered in The Wild

Very cool!

After decades of fearing that the New Guinea highland wild dog had gone extinct in its native habitat, researchers have finally confirmed the existence of a healthy, viable population, hidden in one of the most remote and inhospitable regions on...

05/23/2017

80 Percent of Young Environmental Scientists Could Use More Natural History Training

Keep doing what we can do NHC, we all need this education.

Natural history is vanishing from the academic ecosystem, and it may be harming our ability to make big theoretical advances

05/09/2017

sandiegoarthropodsociety.weebly.com

Join the San Diego Arthropod Society tonight at 6 PM in Balboa Park to watch Michael Wall talk about his insect research in Baja California Sur. Some of us will be at Panama 66 at 5:15 to prepare for his talk. I hope you can join us!
http://sandiegoarthropodsociety.weebly.com/uploads/2/7/8/8/27884377/sdas_flyer_9may2017.pdf

05/01/2017

Come see these smiling faces for one last time this semester, Wednesday (5/3) in LSS 269 @ 5. We will be hosting Dr. Lluvia Flores-Renteria as she talks about her research on the psyllid outbreak in the Australian woodland. We will also be announcing the results from the officer elections. Hope to see everyone there!

03/16/2017

Next Wednesday, we are proud to welcome Kim Lovich from the San Diego Zoo. Join us in LSS 269 @ 5 as she gives a talk on "Matching Species Conservation Programs with Zoological Collections - two case studies highlighting the conservation of Fijian Iguanas and West African Crocodiles at the San Diego Zoo." Then on Saturday, March 25th we are heading out on our annual Ensatina trip (more details coming soon). Come out and join us as it's a great way to kick off spring break!

03/14/2017

The San Diego Arthropod Society has three talks tonight that look very interesting. It's free to attend and it will be a beautiful night in Balboa Park. Hope you can attend!
http://sandiegoarthropodsociety.weebly.com/uploads/2/7/8/8/27884377/sdas_flyer_14mar2017v2.pdf

03/10/2017

San Diego Zoo: Job Search

Greeting Naturalists. Here is a link to a Plant Conservation Internship with the San Diego Zoo. It works out to about $8 and hour, but you'll get your foot in the door at the zoo. It's likely perfect for some of you, good luck!

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03/06/2017

The NHC met up with their first Rosy Boa of the season!

03/04/2017

Super Bloom Of Wildflowers Days Away In Anza-Borrego Desert

If you go out to enjoy the wildflowers, try to image some pollinators in their flowers and post them on iNat

The same rains that drenched San Diego this winter are turning the barren desert floor into a carpet of color.

02/23/2017

International League of Conservation Photographers

Here is a link to the International League of Conservation Photographer photo series Borderlands that Michael Wall mentioned in his talk last night
https://conservationphotographers.org/?expedition=borderlands-rave

Furthering environmental and cultural conservation through photography.

02/22/2017

Come join us tonight as Dr. Michael Wall gives a talk on entomology, museum collections, and conversation in LSS 269 @ 5pm. We got a preview of these topics during our VIP tour of theNAT last week with Dr. Brad Hollingsworth.

02/11/2017

Last Saturday, we had an amazing BioBlitz in North County and were able to get a lot of observations uploaded to iNaturalist. Go check out our website to see more photos from the trip! https://sdsunaturalhistoryclub.wordpress.com/

01/27/2017

Join us for our first meeting of the spring semester on Feb 1 at 5pm in Life Sciences South 269. Dr. Rulon Clark will be presenting "The Dynamics of Predator-prey Interactions Between Rattlesnakes and Small Mammals". Check out the flyer for more details. Hope to see you all there!

11/08/2016

Natural History Club at San Diego State University's cover photo

11/08/2016

Natural History Club at San Diego State University

11/02/2016

The Nature of iNaturalist | SoCal Wild

A nice article about iNaturalist featuring last year's presenter and NHC member B.J. Stacey. Very cool!

Share on Facebook Follow on Facebook Add to Google+ Connect on Linked in Subscribe by Email Print This Post Pictures are worth a 1,000 words – and for the creators and users of iNaturalist, that saying speaks volumes. Volumes of data, that is. With more than 3 million observations from more than 250...

10/23/2016

Photo 5308105, (c) Casey H. Richart, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · iNaturalist.org

Thanks for taking us on the plant walk Dr. Simpson! I recorded 31 plant obersvations :-) My favorites were the Epilobium canum and Azolla, and of course the good company of a dozen naturalists.
http://www.inaturalist.org/photos/5308105

10/21/2016

Hi Naturalists! Come join us this Saturday as we head out to Mission Trails Regional Park with our very own Dr. Michael Simpson. It's definitely going to be a great learning experience! Also, we have finally caught up with the times and made an Instagram. Follow us: @sdsu_naturalhistoryclub. If you take cool photos during any of the field trips be sure to email them to us at [email protected] to be featured on our page.