Lila Higgins is a museum educator at L.A.’s Natural History Museum. Before participating in a panel on the wild animals of Los Angeles, she talked about her fear of falling over, her love of Boxing Day, and the Einstein-lookalike teacher to whom she credits her life and career in science.
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 …
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 …
The bald eagle symbolizes the United States. The grizzly bear (though no longer found here) emblemizes California. But in spite of Los Angeles’s vast wilderness areas—from mountains, canyons, and lakes …
