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.

09/29/2016

Center for Biological Diversity

Hype for mothing this Saturday night!

There are an estimated 160,000 species of moth on the planet. To put that in perspective, there are roughly 20,000 species of butterflies.

There are more species of moth in the United States than there are bird and mammal species in all of North America. That kind of diversity adds up to an amazing variety of beautiful and often bizarre-looking critters, each of which fills a unique niche in an ecosystem.

Check out our latest video delving into just a smattering of the world’s wondrous moths.

#moth #moths #entomology #fightextinction #biodiversity

09/28/2016

Hey Naturalists! Meeting tonight @ 5pm in Life Science South 269! Shahan Derkarabetian will present some of his research on harvestmen. Come thru for a great talk and some pizza!

09/14/2016

Naturalists,

Please join us Saturday, September 17th, for our snorkeling trip to La Jolla! We will be donning our wetsuits and snorkel gear to explore California’s shores for the biodiversity that abounds under its waters. Some species you may get to see include Leopard Sharks, sting rays, fish, and even sea turtles!

More information will follow, including snorkeling gear rentals, travel to/from the site, and estimated time of arrival/departure.

Any questions, comments, or suggestions can be e-mailed to the NHC or brought up during our first general meeting this Wednesday at 5 pm in LSS 269.

Looking forward to seeing you guys there!
:D

08/27/2016

San Diego State University

Very cool to see the SDSU Herbarium on The Global Registry of Biodiversity Repositories! Hopefullly we can get all of the research collections in the SDSU Museum of Biodiversity in the GRBIO!

Institution InformationIndex Herbariorum Record: YesInstitutionCode: SDSUStatus of Institution: ActiveAdditional Institution Names: HerbariumDescription of Institution: Updated June 2008. URL for Main Institutional Website: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/herbInstitutional Discipline: Institutional Gove...

07/26/2016

Balboa Park After Dark | Creature Feature at theNAT

This should make for a great Friday night at Balboa Park! There will be simultaneous science & pop culture trivia appearing on an adjacent screen. Sort of like VH1’s Pop-Up Video meets MST3K meets science nerdery. Michael Wall will also do a little “science behind the fiction” Q&A afterward.

Watch the classic sci-fi movie, Wasp Woman, in theNAT's giant screen theater. This special event is part of our Balboa Park After Dark programming.

07/22/2016

How a Guy From a Montana Trailer Park Overturned 150 Years of Biology

Very cool!

Biology textbooks tell us that lichens are alliances between two organisms—a fungus and an alga. They are wrong.

07/06/2016

iNaturalist-San Diego

Of possible interest to the NHC

If anyone is interested in doing a BioBlitz-a-month club, let me know. It would be where as many San Diego naturalists as possible get together at a specific place and BioBlitz it. Also, if you have any ideas of where would be good to BioBlitz over the next 12 months, let me know!! You can post it below or private-message me.

06/09/2016

BioBlitz at the La Jolla Tidepools

Sorry about the late notice, we just heard this morning. I hope some of you can make it!

Come help us catalog all the flora and fauna found along the coast and in the tidepools of Cuvier Park in La Jolla, California. This event is sponsored by WILDCOAST www.wildcoast.net Observations from the entire day will count on the official list, but the general start time is 9:00 am on Friday, Ju...

04/26/2016

SLIME

Jann Vendetti Talking at SDSU on the Molluscan Fauna of Southern California

Title: Diversity at our feet: the under-appreciated molluscan fauna of Southern California
Date: Wednesday, 27 April 2016
Time: 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Location: LS 269

Please join the [email protected] for our last club meeting of the academic year. We are excited to host Jann Vendetti, Twila Bratcher Chair in Malacological Research, from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Dr. Vendetti will talk to us about the considerable amateur interest in Southern California native terrestrial gastropods and the recent iNaturalist project SLIME, created by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, has been instrumental in cataloging this fauna's biodiversity. Some surprising findings include where first occurrences of species have been found in Southern California and the composition of the non-native fauna. She will discuss some interesting results from the iNaturalist SLIME project and City Nature Challenge (L.A. vs. S.F.) as well as methods to non-lethally collect DNA data from species of imperiled status. More information on Dr. Vendetti can be seen here: http://www.nhm.org/site/research-collections/malacology/staff-biographies

The Natural History Club is a student-run organization that focuses on educating its members about topics related to natural history, with particular emphasis on the biodiversity of Southern California. The club holds regular meetings on campus featuring invited speakers, and we take frequent field trips to observe and interact with native wildlife. Faculty, staff, graduates, and undergraduates with an interest in the natural history of Southern California are encouraged to attend. Please join us!

Snails and slugs Living in Metropolitan Environments (SLIME) is a citizen science project that aims to catalogue the biodiversity of terrestrial gastropods (land snails and slugs) in Southern California. The Natural History Museum’s collection of land snails includes thousands of specimens from loca…

03/28/2016

RapaNui2016_Volunteer_Announcement.pdf

Check out this exciting volunteer opportunity surveying arthropods in Rapa Nui with Jut Wynne this summer!