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The official bird of San Francisco has been AWOL in the city for years. But the Presidio hopes to change that.
The Comeback Quail
November 30, 2023 •
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All Vaxxed Up and Ready to Roost, Six Captive-Born Condors Fly Free
November 29, 2023 •
Though, faced with freedom, Condor 1139 and his fellow juveniles take their sweet time to step across the threshold. “We’re on condor time,” says a program manager.
It’s Looking Like a Banner Year for Baby Newts in the North Bay
November 27, 2023 •
“In some areas, they blanketed the road,” says a volunteer newt-rescue organizer.
Apparently Coyotes Can Climb Trees
November 21, 2023 •
Or at least there’s one in Moraga that can, as this video shows.
Newfangled Horizontal Levees Rise (Gently) Across the Bay
November 16, 2023 •
A dozen such projects have sprouted, offering habitat-friendly flood protection. Getting permission for them is a challenge.
The Storied Bolinas Marine Laboratory Is Reborn
November 9, 2023 •
Nearly two decades after it was shuttered, advocates and researchers are hoping to reopen the field station where community college students were once involved in the marine sciences.
Oakland Offers a Plan to Aid Its Troubled, Unequal Tree Canopy
October 30, 2023 •
The plan—yet to be City-approved—calls for upward of $17 million in maintenance for Oakland’s neglected trees.
Bay Nature’s Hall of Botanical Horrors
October 26, 2023 •
For those who dare—meet the Bay Area’s spookiest plants (and two freaky fungi).
Naturalist’s Notebook: How Salt Marsh Plants Cope With All the Salt
October 17, 2023 •
Meet the Salt Marsh 3, a trio of marsh plants specially adapted to live in the brine.
A Better Way to Forage Matsutake Mushrooms
October 12, 2023 •
“Xayviish has far more personality than any grocery-store mushroom,” writes Sara Calvosa Olson, a Karuk tribal member. “It’s a meaty but delicate time machine, whisking your spirit back to your gathering place.”