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Broken Wagon Films associate producer Bri Bruce shares a defining Baja moment from her past.
Carolina Shepard-Espinoza, Director of the Bahia de los Angeles Natural History and Cultural Museum, talks about some of the economic changes she's witnessed over the past 44 years.
Easily the most charming arthropods on the island. We saw lots of cool stuff on Espiritu Santo, see the full episode here: https://youtu.be/-ow9SxWf0to
Turquoise water, the ruins of a pearl oyster farm, a frigate bird breeding colony, dolphins, fiddler crabs, and more can be found on Isla Espiritu Santo in the Gulf of California.
The unique nest of the Verdin, a small passerine bird that can be found on Isla Cerralvo in Baja California.
A midden is an archaeological feature created by the dumping of human refuse.
Here, thousands of mollusk shells were discarded by Native Americans on Isla Cerralvo in Baja California, creating a mound that still exists today.
19th century naturalists E.W. Nelson and E.A. Goldman investigated the cloth and dye manufacturing industry in Magdalena Bay that was driven by the harvest of the unique Orchilla Lichen. The industry crashed when manufacturers moved over to artificial dyes.