Find a Lot of Bugs When You Clean Your Backyard Swimming Pool? Scientists Want to See Them
A new citizen science project looks closely at the insect gold mine that is backyard pools -- and already it's found potentially new species.
Urban Nature
Are the Bay Area’s Parks Too Crowded?
Are crowded parks, like traffic or sprawl, another symptom of the Bay Area's economic boom? Not necessarily.
At a Snail’s Place
The surprising, spiraling story of why sea snails live where they live.
The Old Bay Bridge Is Coming Down, Leaving a 40-Year-Old Cormorant Colony Adrift
The last of the old Bay Bridge is coming down now, and with it will go a 40-year-old colony of double-crested cormorants.
How the East Bay Shoreline Became A Park for the People
A walk through the tumultuous history of the East Bay's popular shoreline park.
What Honeybees Have Taught Me About Xenophobia
Opinion: The American democratic experiment and the survival of the planet may depend on overcoming our fear of foreigners
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.
Skip the Elephants and Tigers, These Children’s Books Feature Local Wildlife
With the holidays underway and the kids out of school, now's a good time to curl up with some reads. Why not make them about California?
Pilot Project to Remove 350 Creosote-Treated Pilings from San Pablo Bay
There are 33,000 creosote-treated pilings in the Bay leaching toxins that harm herring.
Ask the Naturalist: Do I See More Squirrels in Marin?
A reader asks: Are there more squirrels running around this fall than in years past?
