Since its inception in 2009, Outdoor Afro has been a leader in inclusive outdoor engagement. In the last 11 years, a lot has changed.
Q&A: Rue Mapp on Outdoor Afro at 11
May 6, 2020 •
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April 30, 2020 •
The focus on nature right now might seem counterintuitive. On the contrary, being outside is recognized as an essential activity.
A Whale’s Death Shows Us the Way Marine Giants Live
April 30, 2020 •
“When a whale washes up it’s kind of like being a doctor on call,” says Moe Flannery, senior collections manager at the California Academy of Sciences. Flannery’s day job means caring for more than 140,000 bird and mammal specimens at … Read more
Our Global Effort to Find Nature and Community In a Time of Shelter-in-Place
April 24, 2020 •
The City Nature Challenge has gone hyperlocal and non-competitive. That doesn’t mean giving up our goals.
The City Nature Challenge, Modified, Returns
April 22, 2020 •
The global species-finding competition returns on April 24, minus the competition.
A Behind the Scenes Look at Point Reyes National Seashore
April 20, 2020 •
Editor’s note: Since the writing of this article, visitation restrictions have been placed on state and national parks due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and efforts to mitigate its spread. There is currently a shelter-in-place order in effect for California. For … Read more
Environmental Groups Oppose U.S. Army Corps Plan to Dredge the Bay for Bigger Oil Tankers
April 16, 2020 •
Conservation groups say the environmental assessment avoids considering environmental justice or marine life
The Beautiful Geometry of Short-eared Owls
April 15, 2020 •
I’m not usually masochistic. But then I spent three months this winter trying to observe extremely elusive short eared owls in a busy park in the inner Bay Area. (I’ll omit the location in order to preserve a semblance of … Read more
To Close Or Not to Close? That is the Question!
March 26, 2020 •
Parks as sanctuaries and refuges in times of crisis.
Can AI Read Scientific Literature to Help Save Animals Like Otters?
March 25, 2020 •
When Kyle Van Houtan, the chief scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, first began publishing research in the 1990s, he had to physically mail a typed manuscript in an envelope to a scientific journal, with a copy for each reviewer. … Read more