The native ecosystems along the coast and into the mountains of Southern California are breathtaking. They have been sculpted by millions of years of climate change and Mother Nature’s biological broom — fire.
For thousands of years the first peoples of Earth have known the importance of respecting all living things. There is a natural cure for every ailment that afflicts humankind; the caveat is that we must not continue to dismantle all the wild ecosystems.
The next time you are walking along the seashore, take a closer look at the wave-battered coast. The beauty of this extremely brutal ecosystem is enhanced many fold by a growing understanding of how it works.
The oceans are teaming with life and full of washed-up treasures. Whenever Suzie and I and our children walk along the seashore we always come home with driftwood, seashells and smooth rocks.
Albatross are the greatest long-distance travelers on Earth. These globetrotters are the bloodhounds of the sea, miraculously making a modest living over the vast open ocean.
Sea turtles are ancient but not primitive. Having evolved on land some 200 million years ago, they spend their entire lives at sea except to lay eggs on rugged beaches around the globe.
The mercurial ground-dwelling roadrunner of the arid southwest U.S. is inquisitive, quarrelsome, funny, serious, playful, caring and — above all — fearless.
Of the more than 80,000 tree species on our planet, the Indian neem tree (Azadirachta indica) is magnificent and known by millions of people as “the village pharmacy.
There are billions upon billions of creatures in the seven-mile deep oceans. Amongst them live the supremely graceful, beautifully designed, super-predator and most feared animal on Earth — Carcharodon carcharias or great white shark.
The first milk or colostrum produced by a mammal for its offspring is crucial for its survival. Moreover, cow or bovine colostrum offers a potent remedy to millions afflicted with diseases and cancers.
Microorganisms are the most predominant creatures on our planet. Although technology has made great inroads in saving lives, nature’s medicine chest has a proven antidote just waiting to be unleashed.
The common raven, the world’s largest crow, is one of the cleverest birds on the planet. One of 113 birds in a group called Corvids, its intelligent qualities are comparable to human beings and attributable to what ravens have learned from their parents.
