The Sandhill Homecoming
Every fall, thousands of graceful sandhill cranes arrive in the Central Valley to spend the winter. They're a sight not to be missed!
Science and Nature
Tule Elk Rutting
You can still see tule elk, the smallest of North America's elk, fighting for territory, mating, and raising their young in the Bay Area.
Soaring South for the Winter
Fall is prime time to see hundreds of hawks, falcons, and other raptors flying south over the Marin Headlands.
Bats Threatened by Wind Power
Studies elsewhere in the country suggest that bats may be suffering even more than birds as more and more windmills get built. And there are no easy answers: New, larger...
Book Review: Nature’s Beloved Son
by Bonnie J. Gisel with images by Stephen J. Joseph, Heyday Books, November 2008, 256 pages, $45.00 John Muir is best known as a mountaineer and wilderness advocate, but he...
Book Review: Ranches and Rolling Hills
Ranches & Rolling Hills: Art of West Marin–A Land in Trust, by Elisabeth Ptak and the Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Windgate Press, 2008, 160 pages, $50.00 The Marin Agricultural Land...
Book Review: Seaweed, Salmon, and Manzanita Cider
by Margaret Dubin and Sara-Larus Tolley, Heyday Books, 2008, 144 pages, $21.95 Less a cookbook than a cultural anthropological study, Seaweed, Salmon, and Manzanita Cider is a fascinating look at...
Book Review: Watching Giants
by Elin Kelsey, UC Press, December 2008, 304 pages, $24.95 Long-lived, slow to reproduce, and often hidden beneath ocean waves, whales and dolphins have remained elusive subjects for scientific study,...
Catch Some Wild Zzz’s
Animals have to sleep too! But sometimes they do it a bit differently than we do.
Point Reyes Mycoblitz
Scientists and fire ecologists will be studying the cause and effects of these fires for years, and that includes taking a close look at fungi in the soil. As reported...
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