Bay Area has ticks, and Lyme disease
Locals to the Bay Area often don’t think for a moment about the hazards of ticks when exploring nature. But maybe they should. Ticks carry Lyme disease, a debilitating condition...
Wildlife
Why do pelicans fly so low?
Learn a few secrets of efficiency from the majestic pelican.
To eat, and to be eaten at Arrowhead Marsh
When I’m hungry I usually go to a place where someone brings me a plate of hot food. Birds, on the other hand, actually work for theirs.You may think you...
Bat Rays Gather in San Francisco Bay in the Spring
What’s the cutest fish in the sea? To some biologists, it’s the bat ray, which cruises along the floor of local bays and estuaries, chomping on clams and other creatures.
For the love of mom
Humans may be the only animals who celebrate Mother's Day. But there's no doubt that babies of other species are just as attached to their mamas, at least until they...
Owls, their owlet and the Berkeley masses
Over the course of two short months, great horned owls hatched and raised an owlet on a trail in Claremont Canyon in Berkeley. A "bird's eye" view of the nest...
Wanted: Sand for Endangered Butterfly
The imperiled Lange’s metalmark butterfly lives only on a small stretch of remnant dunes near Antioch. Managers of the Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge hope to create precious new habitat,...
Birding with Kids
With dinosaurs roaming your backyard on a daily basis, why NOT get out there with your kids and start watching those birds?
An Easter morning hike in Point Reyes’s Church of Nature
Hiking along Drakes Estero, Jules Evens meditates on eelgrass, sea geese, and the footprint of humanity in a wild place.
Exhausted pelican makes surprise visit to UC Berkeley
Brown pelicans don't often look for collegiate settings to make landings. But one weakened and disoriented female showed up in front of Sproul Hall recently and provided dinner-going passerbys with...
