The Inflation Reduction Act is helping scientists imagine hopeful futures for endangered North Bay wildflower species that were listed decades ago.
Science and Nature
Fall Issue 2024
Safe Passage for Wildlife
How scientists and planners are creating safe passage for wildlife moving across the South Bay—and beyond. Sponsored by POST.
Fall Issue 2024
Fall 2024 Editors’ Letter: A Deep Dive
One way we work toward a more sustainable relationship with the ocean is to establish a culture that feels connected to the ocean, and a culture that has the opportunity to look closely, to explore, and to understand.
Fall Issue 2024
Life in Hot Water
As another strong El Niño exits the Pacific, researchers look to marine life to tell us what’s happening.
Latest Stories
The New Normal: Hot Bats Drop By the Thousands
Heat waves are arriving sooner and stronger. Thousands of bat pups in Bakersfield are dropping like flies.
Latest Stories
To Protect Plovers, We’ll Have to Outwit the Ravens
For the past several years, wildlife photographer Sarah Killingsworth has been shadowing biologist Matt Lau’s work helping the western snowies at Point Reyes National Seashore. But tricky ravens have become a problem of late.
Latest Stories
The Public’s Reaction to Otter Reintroduction
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife invited coastal communities to comment on otters in Northern California and here’s what they learned.
Latest Stories
Bees Are Heating Up. How Will They Cope?
Climate change is coming for our most critical pollinators. Scientists are figuring out if our bees can handle the heat.
Latest Stories
The Pocket Forests Grow Thick
Three years ago, kids at four East Bay schools planted tiny forests from scratch, using an ultra-dense planting known as the Miyawaki method. Our reporter ducks into two of them to see how they’ve grown.
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