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Science and Nature
A Whale’s Death Shows Us the Way Marine Giants Live
“When a whale washes up it’s kind of like being a doctor on call,” says Moe Flannery, senior collections manager at the California Academy of Sciences. Flannery’s day job means...
The City Nature Challenge, Modified, Returns
The global species-finding competition returns on April 24, minus the competition.
A Behind the Scenes Look at Point Reyes National Seashore
Did you know the original name of the Point Reyes peninsula was Punta de los Reyes, which translates to Point of the Kings? Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino chose the name...
The Beautiful Geometry of Short-eared Owls
I’m not usually masochistic. But then I spent three months this winter trying to observe extremely elusive short eared owls in a busy park in the inner Bay Area. (I’ll...
Nature “Without Us” … Looks Like Nature With Us?
It’s hard not to wonder if maybe it’s the people that have changed, and not the animals.
Can AI Read Scientific Literature to Help Save Animals Like Otters?
When Kyle Van Houtan, the chief scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, first began publishing research in the 1990s, he had to physically mail a typed manuscript in an envelope...
Can California Reverse Biodiversity Decline?
At a time when development is paving over habitat and climate change is transforming ecosystems at an unprecedented pace, California Secretary for Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot says the state has...
Naturalist’s Notebook: Chestnut-Backed Chickadees
Three subspecies of chestnut-backed chickadee inhabit the Bay Area. But the populations are merging.
Photo Gallery: Diablo Range Biodiversity
The Diablo Range is a biodiversity hotspot harboring numerous rare, endemic, or disjunct species. Here are some of the plants and animals you can find there.
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