All in a Roe
This winter, as they have for decades, fishermen in the Bay’s last commercial fishery will launch their boats in search of spawning herring. These small fish come into the Bay...
Science and Nature
World’s Smartest Molds
Watch out for these unusual creatures next time you’re walking in a wet forest.
Altamont Power Struggle
Cost-effective and quick to install, wind turbines seem to be a leader in the race to develop clean, renewable energy sources. But at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area east...
Naturalist’s Notebook: Arachnophilia
Take a closer look at a few of our quirkier local spiders.
GGNRA Big Year Comes to a Close
What brings together professionals and amateur naturalists, butterfly specialists and evolutionary biologists, children and adults, all in the name of endangered species? Try the Golden Gate National Recreation Area's Big...
Time for Dungeness Crab
Fall is harvest time for crab fishermen, who place "crab pots" offshore to catch Dungeness crabs. The crabs, the largest species on the West Coast, have a complex lifecycle that...
Return of the Coho
Every winter, coho salmon return to coastal streams, though only 1 percent of the half million fish that once filled local streams. But you can still see them, and even...
Book Review: The Natural History of the UC Santa Cruz Campus (Second Edition)
The Natural History of the UC Santa Cruz Campus (Second Edition), edited by Tonya M. Haff, Martha T. Brown, and W. Breck Tyler. Bay Tree Bookstore, 2008, 361 pages, $12.95...
Book Review: Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula
by Jules G. Evens. University of California Press, 2008, 384 pages, $24.95. This is a wonderful book for getting an overview of the Point Reyes peninsula, whether you’re a first...
It’s Raining…Rain Beetles?
As April showers are to May flowers in other parts of the country, so are autumn rains to the rain beetle here in the Bay Area. The rainy season's first...
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