All Things Reptile: Side-blotched Lizards - At first glance, side-blotched lizards appear to be essentially classic lizards: small, fast and brownish with a bit of blue. Yet these lizards are remarkable in their own ways. My goal this week is to teach you how to identify one — and how to impress your friends by teaching them how to identify one — along with a few fun facts. (by Chance Stevens)

The Sea Around Us: Pilot Whales - Recently we had some beautiful cetaceans were sighted for a few days in our area. Even though they are not super rare to see here, they are not common, so it was fascinating seeing them, but also the fact that we saw maybe hundreds of them, as long as we could see, fins broke the water's surface. (by María Rodriguez-Salinas)

Observing the Reef: Swimming with Oarfish - Oarfish are truly amazing deep water filter feeders living in waters between 600-3000 feet deep. Why they get beached no one knows for sure, but after observing the behavior of this fish, I take a shot at a hypothesis. (by William Ihne)

Bird's Eye View: Attracting Birds to Your Yard - In the last two to three years, several studies have been published in scientific journals suggesting that having nature, for example singing birds, in your immediate environment can lead to greater well-being and health and overall life enrichment and even a prolonging of life. (by David Bird)

Meet the Owners: Baja Bites - Known most famously for their mouth-watering fish tacos and tantalizing chili oil, Baja Bites has become quite a poppin lunch spot in La Ventana (by Natalie Smith)

History of La Ventana: The Cabalerra de Cerralvo (Part 2) - From El Sargento and La Ventana, you can watch shadows paint Isla Cerralvo a changing hew of colors from sunrise to sunset. The island provides beautiful views, but it also conceals many tales. The Caballera de Cerralvo, told here for the first time, is one of them. (by Tom Spradley)