The Latest Bird Flu Pandemic Is Terrible—And Strange
"The landscape is riddled with risk out there right now, but we don’t want to vilify the carriers,” says one expert. “They’re just doing their thing. They’re being ducks.” So,...
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Avian Flu Isn’t Just For the Birds
Seals, dolphins and foxes have all gotten sick. How likely is it to spread to people?
Winter 2023 Almanac: Fireballs and Butter
Keep your eye out for these winter wonders.
Naturalist’s Notebook: Thrush Henge
You can use thrushes as a sort of seasonal calendar, as they fly in and out of the Bay Area.
Bay Nature’s Most-Loved Stories in 2022
Stories about abalone, bobcats, underground rivers, newts, two-headed worms, out-of-place birds, acorns, shrews, moles, shrew-moles, and clams with a purpose.
After 2022’s Fatal Algal Bloom, Scientists Fear the Bay’s Sturgeon Could Go Extinct
At Point Pinole, 21 sturgeon carcasses––some more than seven feet long––lay strewn along a mile-long stretch of beach in late August 2022, baking in the relentless heat. It was the...
How Indigenous People Got Some Land Back in Oakland
The city of Oakland just made history by giving over five acres in Joaquin Miller Park to an Indigenous land trust's stewardship. But the backstory was decades in the making.
How a ‘Sturgeon Surgeon’ Tracks the Bay’s Giant, Stealthy Living Fossils
Researchers are investigating the secrets of our two resident sturgeon species, which have razor-sharp armor and shlorp up clams with their vacuum-shaped mouths.
Cheeky Bobcat Kitten, Owl on the Hunt: How a Young Wildlife Photographer Gets the Goods
You don’t have to go far. But it helps to spend all your spare time in the woods. That's what Vishal Subramanyan, 20, does.
The Lives of Wild Turkeys, and Alt-Turkeys of Note: A Roundup
In my neighborhood, flocks of wild turkeys wander year-round, stopping traffic with aplomb and making my German-shepherd-mix dog nervous. People put up signs that say, “Drive Like Your Turkeys Live...
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