Bodega Marine Reserve research coordinator Jackie Sones has worked in or walked on the rocky shores of the North Coast almost every day for the last 15 years. But while she was surveying the reserve for sea stars in mid-June, … Read more
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News from around the conservation world of the San Francisco Bay Area.
An Update to the App to Identify (Almost) Anything (Almost) Anywhere
June 24, 2019 •
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 Sciences, now offers instant identifications through the camera view on … Read more
Surf Scoter Decline, Interrupted
June 17, 2019 •
Surf scoters showed up in the Bay in astonishing numbers in winter 2019, pausing a three-decade decline and puzzling scientists
Scientists Discover a New Coral Species Off San Francisco, and There Might be More
May 16, 2019 •
As technology and seafloor maps improve, a new picture of California’s undersea life emerges
The Importance of Having Insects
May 1, 2019 •
A number of sensational new papers warn of a global insect die-off. Has the apocalypse arrived in Northern California?
Ospreys’ Recovery From Pollution and Shooting is a Global Conservation Success Story
February 26, 2019 •
Ospreys have made a spectacular recovery from chemical pollution, guns and traps, thanks to many dedicated conservationists and an amazing ability to thrive in close quarters with humans.
Traffic Is Driving A Newt Massacre in the Santa Cruz Mountains
February 6, 2019 •
Citizen scientists tracking roadkill on Alma Bridge Road have counted an astonishing number of dead newts this season.
University Scientists Feel the Pain of the Government Shutdown, Too
January 25, 2019 •
The Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory is usually a bustling place. But these days, writes scientist Nicholas Bond, it’s distressingly quiet.
I Used Facial Recognition Technology on Birds
December 7, 2018 •
Birders know you can recognize individual birds. Can a computer scientist train a machine to do so?
Will It Ever Rain Again? The Models Say “Whoa”
November 1, 2018 •
The emotional toll of drought and climate anxiety, as expressed in animated GIFs on a weather discussion blog.