Super-rare white American badger spotted in Marin County

David Kramer was hiking on Nov. 26 in the Point Reyes National Seashore when he came across a startling sight: an American badger as pale as a bar of soap.

“I was on a 5-mile out-and-back (in Olema Valley) and just after I turned around at my halfway point, I noticed something on the trail ahead,” says Kramer, a nature photographer who lives in West Marin. “Once it came into full view, I realized what I was seeing. It was coming towards me on the trail and didn’t notice me at first, as...