Bay Naturalist Story Archive
A world without pollinators is a world without plants
By Kathryn Reshetiloff
Both domesticated honey bees and wild pollinators are disappearing at an alarming rate. Why worry? Because, as Kathy Reshetiloff points out, 75 percent of our flowery plants rely on pollinators to reproduce.
Crab's life would make anyone blue, let's not make it any harder
By Kathryn Reshetiloff
A female blue crab can produce millions of eggs. Given the odds against them, only a handful of those will survive long enough to make it to the dinner table, Kathryn Reshetiloff notes.