Upcoming community events:
Celebrate snake week with Things That Creep and our snakes from around the world!
At this FREE event, you can:
- Meet a snake and bring a friend who needs to meet a snake!
- Test your snake knowledge and win prizes during our snake trivia
- Learn about Bay Area snakes
- Sponsor a classroom for snake exploration
- Enter a raffle to win awesome prizes like tickets to the UC Botanical Gardens, gift certificates to local businesses and more!
Schedule:
11am-3pm: Touch and hold snakes
12:30 pm - Bay Area Snakes: Presentation by Audra Barrios
1:30 pm - Snake trivia: Test your snake knowledge and win prizes
2:45pm - Raffle
All funds raised from this event support our free public school live animal programs.
Register here let us know you’re coming! https://givebutter.com/snake-week-celebration2
Wild & Scenic Film Festival
📅 In-Person Event: Saturday, May 16th | Smithwick Theater, Foothill College
💻 Virtual Screening: Available on demand from Saturday, May 16th at 6 PM through Friday, May 29th at midnight
🌍 More Than Just a Film Festival!
This free event celebrates community, nature, and action! Explore 20+ community booths, connect with local organizations, and learn about environmental initiatives in your area. Enjoy live music, delicious food, and a rare chance to get up close with birds of prey and of course, our reptiles and amphibians.
Free, register here: https://post.onl/wsff2026
Date: Saturday, May 16th
Time: 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Foothill College in Los Altos (12345 El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022)
Things That Creep’s Spring Bioblitz!
April 3, 2026
3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Free Admission
Register: https://givebutter.com/TTCspring-bioblitz
Let's celebrate World Salamander Day and look for salamanders, snakes, spiders and slugs! AND do science at the same time!
Join our educator Lance for our spring bioblitz in the forest at our facility in Castro Valley!
A bioblitz is a short, focused community effort to document as many species as possible in this important wildlife corridor. We will observe and record plants, insects, birds, fungi, and other wildlife using iNaturalist, which allows the observations to contribute to real scientific databases creating a worldwide map of biodiversity.
Bioblitzes are valuable because they help scientists and land stewards better understand local biodiversity. The data collected can reveal what species are present, identify rare or invasive species, track seasonal changes, and contribute to long-term conservation research. Even small areas can hold surprising ecological richness, and documenting that diversity adds meaningful information to broader environmental studies.
Be prepared to walk on uneven ground, squat and be on your feet for a few hours. There would be no collecting, digging, or disturbance to the land.
This event is limited to 12 people. You'll receive an email before the event with the location and guidelines to prepare for the day. Excited to explore nature with you!