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How to identify individual cetaceans in the San Francisco Bay.
Naturalist’s Notebook: Whale, Dolphin and Porpoise ID Guide
June 23, 2022 •
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Landscape Paintings From Within
June 22, 2022 •
Shara Mays’ solo exhibition, Paint. All. The. Things., is on view at Chandran Gallery in San Francisco from August 4 through September 1, 2022.
The Wild Things Live at the Airport
June 22, 2022 •
Snakes, frogs, eagles and owls thrive next to the planes at Bay Area airports.
What’s the Secret of Strawberry Hill, a Butterfly Haven in a City That’s Rough on Butterflies?
June 21, 2022 •
For urban butterfly habitats, more is more.
How Many Birds Can Be Found in the Bay Area in One Day?
June 15, 2022 •
Behind the scenes of a frenetic, 13-hour birding challenge.
When an Animal Dies in a National Park, What Does the Park Service Do With It?
June 14, 2022 •
Large carcasses can’t just be wiped up. What are the other options?
The Reintroduction Odyssey of the Yurok Condors
June 9, 2022 •
It took decades of work to prepare for this spring’s Northern California condor restoration on Yurok Tribal land.
They Live in Your Garden, Have Flexible Head Arrangements, and May or May Not Cause Problems. Meet the Land Planarians, About Which We Know Very Little.
May 24, 2022 •
“The time is ripe for biologists to unravel the diversity, ecology, and natural history of land flatworms,” one scientist writes
This Is a Story About A Super-Cute Long-tailed Weasel Spotted in San Francisco’s Presidio for the First Time in a Century…
May 19, 2022 •
Erica Spotswood, the science director of the San Francisco Estuary Institute’s Urban Nature Lab, got her dissertation studying seed dispersal on the French Polynesian islands of Tahiti and Moorea. A kind of low-growing fruit tree named Miconia calvescens had arrived … Read more
Bay Planners Highlight Another Missing Element in California Environmental Law: It Doesn’t Account Well for the Future
May 18, 2022 •
As the California Supreme Court wrote, “CEQA does not require an agency to consider the impact of existing conditions on future project users.”