Naturalist Night | Animals Underground with Matt Sharp Chaney and Alex Jones
Beneath our feet is a world of creatures seldom seen. Join local experts for this set of short presentations at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History exploring the mysteries of the underground. Alex Jones, UC Santa Cruz Campus Natural Reserve Manager, will share the secrets of UC Santa Cruz’s karst caves and burrowing insects, while Matt Sharp Chaney, Midpen Wildlife Biologist, will share stories of salamanders and squirrels, badgers and broad-footed moles, kangaroo rats and kingfishers, and more.
This program is presented in partnership with Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District in support of the exhibit, Underground: Unearthing Unseen Worlds, October 6-November 12, 2023.
This program was presented to a live audience at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. We understand that there are some issues with the recording, but want to make it available nonethless.