Recently Asked
Learn what the community is asking about this season, with answers by Museum experts.
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“Hello,
we have a small mammal digging tunnels and popping up in our back yard. We want to know more about it but don’t know it’s name. Can you help? ”
Julie, Montecito - April 8, 2020
“These bugs infested my pomegranate tree last year, leaving little drill holes (for eggs?).
What are they and why have I seen them only once in 20 years?”
Jana, Goleta - April 8, 2020
“Hello. Today I saw this on a rock at Ellwood Beach. Perhaps it is a common creature, but I have never seen one before. There were only two on the same rock. Sorry I didn't think to...”
Lisa, Santa Barbara, CA - February 25, 2020
“I found shells in a rock face on Vandenberg Air Force Base. Are these considered fossils? Thank you”
Jacob - February 23, 2020
“I found this six inch long vertebrae fossil on a slope near Buellton, any idea what it could be from?”
Chad, Santa Barbara - January 28, 2020
“Hello,
We found these chitons students Shell Beach in Pismo Beach. It was low tide and we were exploring the tide pools.
They were on the underside of the rock.
While examin...”
Maria, Santa Barbara, CA - January 27, 2020
“HI! I found this before ten years. Is it possible to identify if it is an egg?”
Dimitrios, Greece - January 27, 2020
“I recently bought this bone.
I bought another as well at the same time. I was told it was mammoth, but i knew better, i think its some type of bison sacrum, but i was hoping you could tel...”
Savanna, Quincy, IL - January 26, 2020
“We found this shell at Hendry's Beach this week. Can you identify it?”
Jay, Santa Barbara - January 11, 2020
“I found these (possible) Latticed Stinkhorns fruiting in the redwood grove at the SB Botanic Garden. Do you concur with the identification or are there other, more plausible possibilities at thi...”
Steven Gaulin, Santa Barbara, Mission Canyon - November 10, 2019
