Six years ago, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco started a friendly competition called the City Nature Challenge. The Exy Johnson, left, one of the tall ships used in summer camps and sailings by the Los Angeles Maritime Institute. In-person Tall Ship Adventure Sea Camps organized by the Los Angeles Maritime Institute in San Pedro will return in June (with COVID-19 rules in place). Wild things(Micah Fluellen / Los Angeles Times; Getty Images)AdvertisementMany people want to give dwindling Western monarch butterflies a hand, and that’s a good thing. The must-read(Micah Fluellen / Los Angeles Times; Getty Images)Check yourself: Do you give people “advice” on the trail when they aren’t really asking?

Source: Los Angeles Times April 08, 2021 14:02 UTC