Happy #NationalBobcatDay to all of you beautiful, elusive, solitary creatures out there. Camera-trap photo of a young bobcat at the edge of a pond by California Creators for Nature member Vishal Subramanyan.

I’m looking forward to presenting tomorrow at the California Academy of Sciences. The in person talk is open to members, and anyone can register for the online livestream! Register at the link below. give.calacademy.org/.../wild.../e6…...

The Eaton Fire in LA decimated my family's homes, i.e., our community and spiritual waypoints for more than 4 generations (myself included). While we are heartbroken, we are resilient. Please consider donating to our GoFundMe to help rebuild (thank you!) gofund.me/6977eb84

Hey folks, several members of my dear friend Christopher Schell’s family lost their homes in Altadena. Please consider donating to help them rebuild. Sharing helps too, even if you can’t donate. Thank you 💙. #LosAngelesFires gofundme.com/f/help-the-was…

An elusive California mammal has just been photographed alive for the first time trib.al/l6xFglg

The Mount Lyell shrew (Sorex lyelli) sfgate.com/bayarea/articl…

Tiny Mount Lyell shrews live only around Yosemite National Park, no one had ever successfully documented a living specimen — until these two undergrads trekked through the brush. — Astrid Kane sfstandard.com/2025/01/18/cal…

Rare Mount Lyell shrew photographed for the first time by college students in Calif. trib.al/LwcZlOm

From The Guardian, "The framing of the shrew: California students photograph mammal never caught on film." How this work could help save the species. 🌍🧪🐀 theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

Yosemite’s Mount Lyell Shrew made CNN Awesome work Vishal Subramanyan and team! cnn.com/2025/01/28/sci…

Earlier this month, alum Vishal Subramanyan and collaborators released the first images of the Mount Lyell shrew—a small, elusive mammal first identified in 1902 but never before captured on camera. Learn more about the minuscule mammal. nature.berkeley.edu/news/2025/01/c…

Here's looking at shrew: How college students got first-ever photos of elusive California mammal latimes.com/california/sto…

High up in the Sierra Nevada, the tiny Mount Lyell shrew has been shying away from cameras since it was first identified almost 100 years ago. bit.ly/3Clpqo9

These stories are heartbreaking. And also make me furious. Putting people and our wild heritage at risk.

The Mount Lyell shrew was first discovered over a century ago, but it wasn’t photographed alive until last October, thanks to 2024 Cal grad Vishal Subramanyan We sat down with him for a Five Questions interview: alumni.berkeley.edu/california-mag…

Alum Vishal Subramanyan recently spoke to California Magazine about capturing the first-ever photos of a live Mount Lyell shrew. "It's not that they’re impossible to find, it’s that no one has been paying attention. That’s what we’re trying to change with our work."

UC Berkeley students have photographed California’s most elusive mammal alive for the first time. Watch them discuss their expedition to capture on film and video a living Mount Lyell shrew. news.berkeley.edu/2025/02/27/thi…

Thanks so much for the feature about our work on urban coyote movement, SFGATE ! It's critical to continue examining the myriad links between human and wildlife wellbeing, and use these findings to more equitably design & redesign our shared landscapes. 👣🐾

🎉Hi fam! I'm so thrilled to announce that I've been hired for my dream job: Assistant Curator of Community Science at Natural History Museum of L.A. County! I'll be working w/the incredible team there & also continuing my existing work on EJ & human-wildlife interactions in the Bay Area, LA, and Kenya. (1/n)