Activities, guides, lectures, workshops, guided nature experiences, and other resources to support your nature explorations from home or while outside.
- A Cyclist’s Guide to the Wildflowers of Santa Cruz
- Schwan Lake Guided Walk
- On the Rocks: The Equinox Elixir
- Collections Close-Up: The Life and Legacy of Randall Morgan
- Rare Plants and Community Science in the CZU Burn Zone with Amy Patten
- New Perspectives on the Past Through Freshly Exposed Rocks
- A Guide to the Fossils of Santa Cruz County
- Ten Years Since the Tsunami with the UCSC Seismology Lab
- Collections Close-Up: Picturing Nature
- On the Rocks: The Solstice Sip
- Rock Record: Guide to the Swift Street Outcrop
- Naturalist Night: Santa Cruz Sandhills
- Collections Close-Up: Tide Pools and Touch
- Fire and Mud: Why Fires Cause Debris Flows in California with Noah Finnegan
- Rock Record: Santa Cruz Natural History in the Palm of your Hand
- On the Rocks: Pumpkin Pie Tai
- Naturalist Night: Coastal Prairies
- Collections Close-Up: The Interwoven History of Baskets and Museums
- Rock Record: Caverns of Time
- On the Rocks: Foraged Liqueur
- On the Rocks: The Macabre Martini
- Macabre Mushrooms: Ghouls of the Woods with Christian Schwarz
- The Basics of Taxidermy with Alex Krohn
- Collections Close-Up: Curiosity Cabinets
- Museum of the Macabre
- Naturalist Night: Redwood Forest
- Collections Close-Up: Santa Cruz Fossils and the People Who Dig ‘Em
- Naturalist Night: Intertidal Zone
- Collections Close-Up: Preserving Our Past
- Naturalist Night: Santa Cruz Habitats and History
- How to See Comet NEOWISE
- Collections Close-Up: Malacology
- Visualizing Science: Illustration and Beyond with Jen Christiansen
- Collections Close-Up: Kelp and Conservation
- Monterey Bay Algae Guide
- Lecture: Data is Not the Destination with Christian Schwarz
- Meet a Painting: Magnetic Mousing by Hajra Meeks
- Lecture: Exploring Science Through Art with Andrea Dingeldein
- Sourgrass Natural Dye Video Tutorial
- Science Illustration Prompt: Engage Your Senses
- Community Connections
- Science Illustration Prompt: Sequential Observations
- Solo Beach Cleanup
- Gettin’ Birdy: Seabright Neighborhood Walk
- Lecture: Loma Prieta +30 with Frank Perry
- Lecture: Lighthouse Keeper’s Legacy with Frank Perry
- Gettin’ Birdy: Where are the Birds?
- Cultivating Nature Awareness
- Exploring Neary Lagoon
- Our Animal Neighbors: Western Gray Squirrel
- Exploring the Equinox
- Gettin’ Birdy: Why Birdwatch?
- Geology of West Cliff Drive
- A Collection of Resources
- Animal Tracking