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L.A. Gone Wild

Every three months, GOOD releases our quarterly magazine, which examines a given theme  through our unique lens. Recent editions have covered topics like the impending global water crisis, the future of transportation, and the amazing rebuilding of New Orleans. This quarter's issue is about cities, spotlighting Los Angeles, and we'll be rolling out a variety of stories all month. You can subscribe to GOOD here.

 
 
 
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Los Angeles is not often viewed through the lens of its vibrant ecology, but nature—or, at least, a peculiarly urban version of it—lurks in its homes, fruit-tree-filled backyards, concrete rivers, and steep-sided canyons. From seasonal vis

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11 Cinnamon Lane

Rancho Palos Verdes, California, 90275 
 
Palos Verdes Peninsula’s flocks of feral peacocks (Pavo cristatus) are all descended from six pairs&nb
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Pacific Avenue & 29th Avenue

Venice, California, 90291
 
Last November, a previously rundown empty lot at Pacific and 29th in Venice Beach was transformed, anonymously, into &ld
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5801 Wilshire Boulevard

Los Angeles, California, 90036
 
In some ways, the La Brea Tar Pits are too famous for their own good. Often dismissed as a mere tourist trap, they are, in f
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12454 Florence Avenue, 

Santa Fe Springs, California, 90670 
 
Among its various functions, the headquarters of the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District (GLA
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900 Exposition Boulevard

Los Angeles, California, 90007 
 
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles is currently spearheading the first-ever countywide “Spider Survey,&r
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The 101 Freeway through 

the Santa Monica Mountains 
National Recreation Area
 
According to the urban ecologist Seth Riley, co-editor of the r
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4103 Holly Knoll Drive 

Los Angeles, California, 90027
 
One thing Los Angeles has in spades is cultural eccentricity. Odd pets and exotic animals are a consistent mode of expr
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Your backyard

California’s opossums (Didelphis virginiana) are all descended from several hundred specimens shipped out in the 1890s from Missouri, Tennessee, and other southeastern states as a food supply for
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