The Western North American Naturalist (formerly Great Basin Naturalist) publishes peer-reviewed experimental and descriptive research pertaining to the biological natural history of western North America.
Submissions are always welcome. Please submit manuscripts to our editorial management system here.
For inquiries, please contact us by email at wnan@byu.edu or phone at 801-422-6688.
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Current Issue: Volume 85, Number 2 (2025) — 10th California Islands Symposium (Issue in Progress)
Articles
Aerial monitoring of endangered whales in the Santa Barbara Channel to enhance and inform whale conservation
Anastasia Kunz, Ryan Freedman, Jessica Morten, and Sean Hastings
Pseudoacaryochloris (Acaryochloridaceae, Cyanobacteria) species from Africa and North America: a disjunct distribution suggesting transatlantic wind dispersal
Jeffrey R. Johansen, Brian M. Jusko, Melaku Mesfin, Mathew A. Lunkis, Ashley Wain, William F. Hoyer, and Kristen E. Hasenstab-Lehman