Campanile Peregrine Grinnell Suffers an Injury, and Falcon Fans Around the World Watch to See What Happens Next
Peregrine falcons are relatable, personable and cute, yet their lives are surprising and sometimes tragic.
Category: Nature News
News from around the conservation world of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Sixty-Four Artists Took Pieces of a Fallen Valley Oak and Turned it Into This Exhibition
"If a Tree Falls: Art of the Boundary Oak" opens Saturday, October 30 at the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek.
Does Protecting Land Work to Protect Wildlife?
Most conservation plans assume that protecting land works to help biodiversity. Point Blue scientists decided to check and see.
Kelp Forests Surge Back on Parts of the North Coast, with a Lesson About Environmental Stability
Some scientists thought kelp's near-disappearance from the waters off California was likely a new normal. Then, at least temporarily, the kelp came back.
With Recall Election, California’s Environmental Future Up for Vote
Voters could replace Gavin Newsom with a Republican this September, leading to massive shifts in the way the state of California approaches environmental issues.
Scientists Resurface a One-of-a-Kind, 50-Year-Old Record of San Francisco Bay Life
There used to be a pattern to species distribution in the Bay. Is there still?
Can Rooftop Solar Save California’s Open Space?
This spring, Alameda County approved of the Aramis Renewable Energy Project, dividing East Bay environmentalists who disagree about whether the undeveloped North Livermore Valley should remain open ranchland and wildlife habitat, or whether part of the flat, sunny valley would … Read more
When It’s Too Hot for Food to Grow
Central Valley temperatures are expected to stick near 110 for the next three days, making life difficult for important crops.
New Colony of a Rare Stingless Bee, Once Presumed Absent from California, Found By a Four-Year-Old in Palo Alto
Entomologists thought the Brazilian bee Plebeia emerina had disappeared in California in the 1950s. But two colonies were rediscovered in Palo Alto in 2013, and now a four-year-old has found two more.
After More Than One Million Nature Observations Worldwide, the Most Common Sighting Was …
After 50,000 people made nearly 1.3 million observations worldwide, what was the most common species found in the Bay Area and in the world?
