Naturalist’s Notebook: Good Algae Gone Bad
Blue-green algae has made some Bay Area ponds dangerous
Science and Nature
Old Giants: The Last Days of Oakland’s Redwoods
An excerpt from Sylvia Lindsteadt's Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area on the logging of the East Bay's redwood trees.
The Story of the San Francisco Bay: It’s Wild Still
It's bursting with fish, birds, marine mammals -- and people. How did so many come to see the Bay as lifeless?
Sea Otter Adoptees Born in Elkhorn Slough
A surrogate sea otter program at the Monterey Bay Aquarium has helped grow the wild otter population in Elkhorn Slough.
Pacific Chorus Frogs Use Their Famous Calls to Stake Out Territory
That iconic Hollywood "ribbit" has a purpose.
Brightly Colored Parrot Mushrooms Love the Damp Dark Days of Winter
Parrot mushrooms love the dark days of winter.
Nature Offers Health Benefits, and Brain Research Helps Explain Why
Outdoors-lovers have long known that nature makes us feel good. Now scientists peering into the brain are starting to explain why.
Dark Treasure: Mount Diablo’s Lost Coal Mines
An excerpt from Sylvia Lindsteadt's Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area on the lost coal mines of Mount Diablo.
Bay Area Nature’s All-Hands-On-Deck Moment
The Bay is healthier now than it has been at any time in the past 50 years. And that’s because people in this century decided to work together across disciplines...
New Science Helps Understand Redwood Ghosts
Albino redwood trees, first documented in 1866, have been a mystery for as long as we’ve known they were out there.
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