In burned areas of the North Bay, spring bloom patterns reveal burn patterns.
The study and science of plants.
Treasure Hunt: Flowers You Might Find After a Fire
What flowers might botanists see in the North Bay this spring?
A Street Tree Revolution in Silicon Valley
Urban ecologists hope to inspire a love of nature in the sprawling heart of tech.
Disrupt the Street Tree
Could trees help Silicon Valley find an identity?
Why Did I Hear Popcorn Sounds In the Recent Extreme Heat Wave?
When temperatures crank up, an unusual ecological adaptation begins to play out among our native Monterey pine. We explain why in our latest installment of our reader-funded Ask The Naturalist column.
Western Sycamores Speak of an Older California
In Livermore, a writer walks leisurely among the sycamore alluvial woodland.
Why Fall Feels Different in the Bay Area: It’s the Smell of Change
Why does fall excite so many sensory memories? Olfactory scientists explain.
California Scientists Release a Fly to Control a Landscape-Suffocating Invasive Ivy
A landscape engulfed in Cape ivy is difficult to take in. Scientists are turning to the plant’s natural enemy: a small South African fly.
Mount Tam’s First Botanist: Alice Eastwood and the Plants of Tamalpais
Alice Eastwood made her reputation and found botanical immortality on Mount Tam.
Presumed Extinct, a Wildflower Reappears on Mount Diablo
The Mount Diablo Buckwheat disappeared in the 1930s. It was thought to be extinct. A single population was rediscovered in 2005. And then last year botanists found a new population numbering in the millions. How has this rarest of rare plants survived?