Hiking the Headlands with Snakes and St. Ann’s

By Stuart Thornton, National Geographic Roving Reporter “That’s a snake!” someone yells excitedly while attending a BioBlitz reptile inventory in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area’s Marin Headlands. (Read more about GGNRA’s reptiles here!) Suddenly, students from Bridgeport, Connecticut’s St. Ann Academy try to glimpse the juvenile, foot-long specimen before it slithers out of sight. From then on, in this wetland restoration area overlooking Rodeo … Continue reading Hiking the Headlands with Snakes and St. Ann’s