Clear Lake, a Destination for Kayaking and Birding
We’ve thought about doing a piece on Clear Lake for a long time: It’s a wildlife magnet just over two hours from our office in Berkeley, and yet relatively few...
Science and Nature
A Warbler Comes to West Berkeley
Last winter I noticed a different bird in the bare branches of the London plane trees outside the office. A yellow-rumped warbler. Not an uncommon bird, yet not one I...
Presidio to add green space, CEQA changes politically dead?
Presidio expanding its parkland with new green space over Doyle Drive tunnels that will connect to Crissy Field, and other Bay Area nature news.
Underground leaks ruining Alamo Square’s vintage look
San Francisco wants to rebuild Alamo Square's irrigation system, but historian says leaks are natural springs.
How do barnacles make baby barnacles?
Barnacles are hermaphroditic -- they contain both male and female sex organs. You're thinking, "Well, they always have a date on Saturday night." No, it's a really bad idea to self-fertilize: Inbreeding...
Bees, bee-killing and Marin creeks
Hives run out of room, bees swarm. Time to call your friendly, local beekeeper, and other Bay Area nature news.
Remembering Rich Stallcup
In December 2012, the Bay Area, and the world, lost one of its most eloquent spokespeople for and about birds. Rich Stallcup, a cofounder of the Point Reyes Bird Observatory...
The Phenology Project
The California Phenology Project's citizen scientists are studying changes in plant life cycles to better understand local climate change impacts.
Naturalist’s Notebook: Spring Flowers That Change from Blue to Purple
John Muir Laws turns his naturalist's eye and paintbrushes to the hound's tongue, one of our early spring bloomers.
Dinosaur eggs on Point Reyes Estero Trail?
Tim Hastings wrote to us wondering about “many large round, almost ‘dinosaur-egg’ like rocks dotting the muddy sands” when he was hiking the Estero Trail. Tim’s guess is that the...
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