Science and Nature
California Condors Return to the East Bay
As the population recovers, they've been making test flights northward. Here's where to (possibly) see them.
Should California’s Rewilding Include Grizzly Bears?
Although the Legislature just shot down a bill to assess the possibility of reintroduction, the idea and debate persist. And everyone's got an opinion.
Life in a Burn Scar
Five years after the Dixie Fire, a writer takes stock of her community and the forest around it.
Fire Walk with Me
A defensible space inspector is always looking for fire trails.
Mapping All the Trees in California
Astonishingly detailed new LiDAR maps are meant to help us prepare for wildfires.
Ohlone Fire Returns to the East Bay Hills
The founders of Cafe Ohlone are reviving Indigenous stewardship on ancestral lands.
Wildlife Gardens in the Fire Zone
Planting habitat gardens is more important than ever in the megafire era.
Are Vagrant Birds Lost, or Pioneers? For Clues, Researchers Look to the Farallones.
A recent study could change our assumptions about why birds show up out of the blue.
Heroic HAB Volunteers Track Harmful Algal Blooms
Summer volunteers watch for potential harmful algal blooms (HABs), fed by gallons of sewage effluent, through Baykeeper’s monitoring program.
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