The Big Blue

I've launched a new column for this blog's sister site, Chance of Rain. Edited by Emily Green, the weekly rambles explore nature in and around urban Southern California. Here's a taste with a link to the full story:

THE DINOSAURS are gone. So too the mammoths, saber-toothed cats and short-faced bears. Even California’s mascot, the grizzly, no longer roams the state. Megalopolis has replaced megafauna. Yet the largest animal ever still graces the California coast. This summer, I went looking for it.

The story continues on Chance of Rain.