Check out any Pacific coast tidepool for a chance to see the evidence of a common invertebrate going to war over the difference between us and them.
Anemones Recognize “Us” and “Them” — and Go to War Over It
October 3, 2018 •
Science & Nature
Art & Design | Botany | Climate Change | El Niño | Fire | Fungi | Geology | History | The Bay | The Ocean | Urban Nature | Water | Weather | Wildlife
On Butterflies, Parasites, and Viruses
October 3, 2018 •
How does a Broadway actor become San Francisco’s go-to lepidopterist? Liam O’Brien explains.
Fishing Forecasts Can Predict Marine Creature Movements
October 3, 2018 •
Marine animals adjust their lives to the weather just like you do.
Why Is Lake Merritt Turning Blue at Night?
October 2, 2018 •
Oakland’s tidal lagoon is glowing blue with bioluminescent dinoflagellates.
After 25 Years, Friends of Edgewood Natural Preserve Still “Raising the Coefficient of Beauty”
October 2, 2018 •
First formed to stop a hillside golf course proposal, Friends of Edgewood Natural Reserve turns 25 in 2018.
Naturalist’s Notebook: Freshwater Jellyfish Invade California Lakes and Ponds
October 1, 2018 •
Native to China, Craspedacusta sowerbii is found in freshwater lakes and ponds on every continent.
Behind the Scenes With the Creators of the First Ohlone Food Cafe, mak-‘amham
October 1, 2018 •
A new cafe in Berkeley brings back Ohlone cuisine.
Not Just a Pretty Face — the Banana Slug is One of the Weirdest Animals On Earth
October 1, 2018 •
The banana slugs: a fascinating group from an evolutionary standpoint, and a very very unusual one from a human viewpoint.
More Goats, Less Fire?
October 1, 2018 •
With wildfires likely to continue, land managers turn to a preemptive firefighting tool: grazers
Tarantulas Emerge to Wander the Landscape in the Autumn
October 1, 2018 •
Coyotes and predatory wasps can’t stop the Bay Area blond tarantula from searching out mates in the autumn.