Kim Todd's essays and articles have appeared in Smithsonian, Orion, Sierra, and Best American Science and Nature Writing anthologies. Her most recent book is Sensational: The Hidden History of America's 'Girl Stunt Reporters.
For the first time
in history, black bears are occupying this ecological niche once filled by grizzlies.
For a male frog wanting a mate, it is vitally important to stand out, to be heard in his declarations, for listeners to glean his meaning.
Snakes, frogs, eagles and owls thrive next to the planes at Bay Area airports.
Do these large, wild, fearsome fish predators prefer our built-up shoreline bristling with apartments, cargo ships, and manufacturing equipment? And what does it mean if they do?
Coyotes have returned to San Francisco. Now, for the first time, ecologists are gaining insight into how and where these urban predators live.
San Francisco white-crowned sparrows have their own dialects. As the city gets louder, those dialects are disappearing.
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