Beth Pratt, the California director for the National Wildlife Federation, lives outside of Yosemite National Park. In her spare time, she hikes the backcountry and is a distance swimmer and runner. Before participating in a panel on the wildlife of L.A., she professed her love of karaoke and matcha tea—both products of time spent in Japan—as well as East Coast pizza and dolphins.
Greg Randall is the longtime wildlife specialist for the city of Los Angeles. Before participating in a panel celebrating the wild creatures of L.A., he talked cats, roadrunners, and being …
On a breezy evening in downtown’s Grand Park, near patches of green flanked by high rises and concrete, Los Angeles didn’t feel all that wild. But, as Zócalo associate editor …
When I was a little boy growing up in Pittsburgh, hundreds of miles from the ocean, the only sharks I ever saw were at the aquarium or on my TV. …
On test day for my Behavioral Ecology class at UCLA, I walked into the classroom bearing an impossibly difficult exam. Rather than being neatly arranged in alternate rows with pen …
The Art of Failure: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games by Jesper Juul
The nutshell: Using the lenses of psychology, philosophy, game design, and fiction, New York University …
