Inspired by the Natural World
An interview with Frans Lanting, an internationally renowned wildlife photographer who moved to Santa Cruz 30 years ago and never looked back.
Wildlife
A new oasis in southeast San Francisco
In a polluted industrial area in southeast San Francisco, city agencies and naturalists are carving out a series of oases along the San Francisco Bay meant to bring back wildlife...
Snatch! The vultures vs. the hawk
In a battle among feathered titans over a delectable carcass, ask yourself: Can you truly feel bad for vultures?
Meet Mark Twain’s frog at Mori Point
Mori Point, along the coast in San Mateo County, is one of the smattering of locations where the fabled California red-leggeds live, the largest frogs in the West.
Climate Chronicles: A Sea Change for Seabirds on the Farallon Islands
You’ll likely smell them before you see them: A rich ammoniac scent engulfs our boat, and then they loom out of the fog – spires of naked rock, eerily lunar in configuration....
Tiny dancers in the air
Now you see them, now you don't. You'd think hummingbirds would be the hardest critters on Earth to photograph. Local writer Susan Taylor Brown cracked the nut with some pretty...
A Day Out with the Salmon
A bumper crop of chinook salmon this year brought out many fishermen, who haven't been able to throw their lines in for four years.
Cousteau: Youth the answer to imperiled oceans
Jean-Michel Cousteau visits Marin's Marine Mammal Center to deliver hope to visiting schoolchildren: "Educating youth is the best investment we can make."
On the Lookout for Coho Salmon South of San Francisco
Fisherman Michael Carl set out over the course of three seasons in search of the vanishing coho salmon of his home waters in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Badgers Pop Up Around Mount Diablo
Head out to Mount Diablo and if you're lucky you may, just may, see a badger these days.
