Caught on Camera: The State Bird, Surprised
Quails can be found in a wide variety of habitats throughout California and the Bay Area, from scrublands to oak forests. They even sometimes wander into suburbs.
Latest Stories
How to Become a Curious Pilgrim in Nature
Walking attentively in a natural landscape appears to be trending now as a form of pilgrimage, folded into the inquiry called spiritual ecology. I’ve become quite curious about the particulars...
Ospreys’ Recovery From Pollution and Shooting is a Global Conservation Success Story
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.
Tidepool Creatures Bend the Sex Rules We Take for Granted
Learn about the small snail Crepidula fornicata, the anemone whose babies crawl out its mouth, and gymnastic barnacle sex.
Sex and the Single Butterfly
What most of us call "butterflies" are in fact just the fleeting last life stage of a creature with only one remaining purpose.
An Ecopoetry Collection that “Articulates Reality” for California Nature-Lovers
There’s deep joy in articulating reality, the poems in this new collection make clear—the simple reward of seeing the world as it is.
Traffic Is Driving A Newt Massacre in the Santa Cruz Mountains
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
The Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory is usually a bustling place. But these days, writes scientist Nicholas Bond, it’s distressingly quiet.
Meet the Bay Area’s Feral Pigs
No cartoonish farm animals here -- California's wild pigs disrupt natural and urban spaces alike.
How Do People Know About Nature?
Western science and indigenous knowledge are often presented as conflicting. Jose Gonzalez looks for areas where they converge.
