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Learn what the community is asking about this season, with answers by Museum experts.
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“Good Afternoon,
I discovered these bones near the top of a seacliff off the Santa Barbara Coastline, near UCSB. They look like vertebrae to me, but I truly have no clue. ”
Shahmeer, Santa Barbara, CA - February 23, 2022
“Hello.
I know this is a common tree in Santa Barbara, but I can't find the i.d. It grows near Atascadero Creek and I watched Lesser Goldfinches harvesting seeds/nectar? off the bloo...”
MiTmite9, Goleta, CA - February 22, 2022
“I was below the Shoreline Park on the mesa. In the rubble at the bottom of the shale bluffs a found several pieces of what appears to be marble with veins of other hard rock through it. Could it...”
Robert, Santa Barbara city - February 4, 2022
“When it is low tide at "my" tidepool (Rincon Point) I see such a wonderful variety of creatures, with and without shells. Can you point me to a web site or app that would help me identify who I...”
Sue, Carpinteria - February 4, 2022
“We found this at campus point. Do you know what animal it came from? ”
Terri, Goleta - January 30, 2022
“Hello- Would you know what type of shells these are? More importantly, I found them buried about 12 to 15 inches in a pit we dug for a fence post. I've also found many other smaller sh...”
Phil, Goleta, CA - January 10, 2022
“I found some interesting Rocks that look like fossilized eggs but have no ideas to what they are. Size is approximately that of an A4 sized paper.
I have uploaded pictures where found the...”
Anthony, Tanzania - January 9, 2022
“Hello, this funny little bug crawled up onto my phone a few days ago and we have no idea what it is. I’ve asked around and nobody has been able to figure it out. I was hoping you could pas...”
Domanique, Santa Barbara - December 8, 2021
“Do you know what these are? There are several clusters on one of our tomato plants.”
Jane, Santa Barbara - November 23, 2021
“Hello Dr. Chaney and Dr. Geiger,
I recently procured two scaphopod shells from the nature exchange. I plan to gift them to my brother, who inherited an extensive shell collection from a r...”
Harrison - October 31, 2021
