After a Fire, Fast-Growing Flowers Lock in a Long-Term Recovery
We're used to thinking about how wildfires change the soil for plants. But a UC Berkeley researcher wants to turn the relationship around and ask how the plants that spring...
Science and Nature
There Is No Option to Live Without Fire in California
The most destructive wildfire season in California history has nearly ended. Will this be the new pattern -- or can we bring fire back on our own terms?
Coyote Tracker: San Francisco’s Uneasy Embrace of a Predator’s Return
Coyotes have returned to San Francisco. Now, for the first time, ecologists are gaining insight into how and where these urban predators live.
A Landscape Shaped by Art in the Santa Cruz Mountains
At an artists' retreat in the Santa Cruz Mountains, a chance to see art and nature mix.
It’s the Season for Tundra Swans
How to find and identify the great birds in the Central Valley.
Toyon and Cedar Waxwings: A Classic Pairing
Cedar waxwing flocks picking through bushes of red berries is a classic sign of late fall.
A Street Tree Revolution in Silicon Valley
Urban ecologists hope to inspire a love of nature in the sprawling heart of tech.
California’s Fire Season
What will we do to recalibrate our relationship with fire?
How Long Does It Take to Restore a Population of Centenarian Fish?
The yelloweye rockfish can live to be 118 years old. It was declared overfished more than a decade ago, but recovery means patience.
A Newly Discovered Potential Cause of Rockfalls in Yosemite
What role might heat play in causing rocks to fall? Scientists look for an answer.
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