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Major October rain is in the forecast for the first time in five years. As they say in sports, sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.
Why October Rain Matters
October 19, 2021 •
Science & Nature
Art & Design | Botany | Climate Change | El Niño | Fire | Fungi | Geology | History | The Bay | The Ocean | Urban Nature | Water | Weather | Wildlife
Solving Problems With Eelgrass and Oysters
October 14, 2021 •
Giant Marsh’s $3 million restoration and enhancement is the first large-scale endeavor of the Coastal Conservancy’s San Francisco Bay Living Shorelines Project.
A Guide to Bay Area Cloud Watching
October 13, 2021 •
What do you see there in the sky?
Buried Treasure
October 11, 2021 •
You’ve seen their bleached skeletons lying on the beach or scattered in gardens. What does a living sand dollar do?
My Mediterranean Arachnid Houseguest: Getting to Know Zoropsis Spinimana
October 5, 2021 •
Zoropsis spinimana is a harmless — but quite large! — house spider that’s recently moved to the Bay Area.
Look For These Bay Area Species in Fall 2021
October 4, 2021 •
This fall is one to look for change. During what will hopefully be the last dry months of the driest two-year stretch in recorded California history, how are species responding? What do you see and not see? How does it compare to the past?
“Slow Down and Open Up” On a Soundwalk Through Golden Gate Park
October 1, 2021 •
Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK is a free, GPS-enabled app that covers much of the eastern half of Golden Gate Park.
Why Are There So Many Fires, and Other Common California Wildfire Questions
September 29, 2021 •
Wildfires have become larger, more frequent, more severe, and more destructive to human life and property in many ecosystems in California in recent decades. If you’ve lived in California for a while, it might feel like this has suddenly become … Read more
The Celebrated Joaquín Murieta
September 22, 2021 •
It’s a true crime story set in the early days of California statehood, with themes of racism, colonialism, and the legitimacy of state violence. Do more people need to know about The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta?
“A Picture of the World You Want to Inhabit”: Artist Tom Killion’s California Nature
September 16, 2021 •
When thick brown clouds of smoke settled into the sky above Point Reyes National Seashore in fall 2020, the artist Tom Killion began packing his car with framed prints he’d made over the past four decades, along with thousands of … Read more