Fasciated Plants and Where to Find Them in the Wild
What is this weird belt-like growth on poison oak? Fasciated plants have fascinated humans for thousands of years due to their gnarled and belt-like growth patterns on stems or bizarrely...
Botany
An Artist Finds the Life Lessons of Seaweed
If you’ve ever stepped into a certain kind of beach town gift shop on the Northern California coast, you are likely familiar with Josie Iselin’s work: an artist, Iselin creates...
An Update to the App to Identify (Almost) Anything (Almost) Anywhere
If you ever wander around wanting to know the names of plants and animals around you, Seek, a newly rebuilt app from the iNaturalist team at the California Academy of...
What Does Trampling Do to Wildflowers?
How much damage does trampling do to wildflowers? No other state is as iconic for its flora as California, so it’s no surprise that thousands of Californians have flocked to...
How to Meet a Flower
Looking to learn more about wildflowers this spring? Consider introducing yourself first, José González writes.
California Wildflowers and Climate Change
Rob Badger's collection goes by the title "Beauty and the Beast"
Spring Almanac: An Illustrated Guide to Northern California Nature
Text and research by the California Center for Natural History Fledging Hatching in early spring as fuzzy white balls that weigh about the same as two slices of bread, young redtails...
Can An Antiseptic Nursery Stop Sudden Oak Death?
Can the SFPUC's new nursery slow the spread of a tree-killing fungus?
How a Plant and an Ant Help Each Other to Survive
Vetch and Argentine ants cooperate, exchanging food for protection.
