Newt Discovery StationNewts return! Each year, the winter rains prompt newts to migrate to the Garden’s Japanese Pool where their mating behaviors can be easily observed. The Garden is home to two newt species, Taricha torosa (California newt) and Taricha granulosa (rough-skin newt). Docents will be on hand to provide garden visitors ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Lunch time POP UP AQUARIUM: Lake MerrittDo you walk around Lake Merritt and wonder what lurks beneath the surface? Here is your lunch hour chance to see some of the magical critters up close and personal! Lake Merritt enthusiast, Damon Tighe, will have trays displaying some of the organisms that survive in the lake during the winter ...
Steven Johnson is a writer and co-creator of the PBS series How We Got To Now. His latest project is the book and podcast Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World.
