With Fewer than 2,000 Butterflies Counted So Far, Western Monarch Takes an Astonishing Step Closer to Extinction
After dipping below its potential "extinction threshold," the beloved butterfly population crashed again in 2020.
Wildlife
California Commits to Conserving 30 Percent of its Land and Water by 2030. What Does That Mean?
On October 7 California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered the state to create a new California Biodiversity Collaborative and conserve 30 percent of its land and coastal waters by 2030. Conservationists...
On Quiet Beaches, Snowy Plovers Reclaim Their Territory
Fewer human visitors this spring and summer allowed snowy plovers to relax on California beaches.
Flying in for the Crow Funeral
Can crows help explain human interest and rituals surrounding death?
Epizootic: How Infectious Disease Can Move From Wildlife to Humans — and Back to Wildlife
Wildlife can give people new diseases. But we can also give them back.
Birding Through 2020
Fall migration is underway in the Bay Area. Meanwhile birding in general is having a moment amid the pandemic, social change, and political tension.
Fall 2020 Almanac: An Illustrated Guide to Northern California Nature
Six species to see in Northern California this fall.
Postcard from Bodega Bay: “I Don’t Want to See These Whales Go Away”
In Bodega Bay, crabbers struggle to protect whales frequenting their waters–while still making a living.
Watch the Restoration of a Watershed on Marsh Creek Trail
From Marsh Creek Regional Trail, see some of the newest projects restoring this watershed for salmon, beaver, and tricolored blackbirds.
Naturalist’s Notebook: Listen to Forest Owls
If you go into the woods and listen, you may hear great horned owl duets, the trill of western screech owls, toots of northern saw-whet owls, or the daytime call...
