Seth Riley

National Park Service, Santa Monica

Wildlife ecologist with the National Park Service in the Santa Monica Mountains

Seth Riley on KCRW

A young black bear has moved to LA. His name is BB-12 and has been spotted around Malibu Creek State Park and in Point Mugu State Park.

LA, say hello to BB-12 — the black bear who’s moved to Santa Monica

A young black bear has moved to LA. His name is BB-12 and has been spotted around Malibu Creek State Park and in Point Mugu State Park.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Woolsey has destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate, but it’s also displaced a diverse mix of wildlife that calls the Santa Monica Mountains home.

The toll wildfires take on wild animals

The Woolsey has destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate, but it’s also displaced a diverse mix of wildlife that calls the Santa Monica Mountains home.

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The National Park Service says they recently found four Mountain Lion kittens in a remote stretch of the Santa Monica Mountains.

Adorable, likely inbred mountain lion kittens in the Santa Monica Mountains

The National Park Service says they recently found four Mountain Lion kittens in a remote stretch of the Santa Monica Mountains.

from The 805

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