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...
Science and Nature
Home for wayward plastic bottles
Are you a beach trash-collector? Meet Richard James, who's taken the chore to a whole new level and has a request to make of you.
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.
Right On Course with John Wade, Farallon Islands Patrol Skipper
John Wade is one of about 20 skippers who make up the Farallon Patrol for PRBO Conservation Science. Skippers offer their boats and volunteer their time to sail to the...
Mapping the future of the coast
Most of the people in the world–and most of their infrastructure–can be found in jurisdictions bordering the coast or coastal watersheds. The Bay Area is no exception. However, in this...
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....
Art in the shade at the UC Botanical Garden
This Sunday, visit the UC Botanical Garden, see a remakable collection of installation art, and hear from artist Todd Gilens about the 100-foot-long mural he created on the side of...
Oakland getting more mini-parks
Oakland is expanding the number "parklets" to bring more green to urban residents.
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...
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