Zoropsis spinimana is a harmless — but quite large! — house spider that’s recently moved to the Bay Area.
My Mediterranean Arachnid Houseguest: Getting to Know Zoropsis Spinimana
October 5, 2021 •
Wildlife
Ethical Wildlife Photography Makes for Better Wildlife Photos
August 3, 2021 •
Taking better pictures means empathizing with wild animals, writes photographer Sarah Killingsworth
Animals Can Recover From Fire
June 23, 2021 •
New research is using motion-sensor cameras to reveal how wildlife communities survive fire and how they adapt to a burned landscape in the weeks, months, and years after a fire.
Summer 2021 Almanac: An Illustrated Guide to Bay Area Nature
June 23, 2021 •
Wildlife to look for in a fire-prone area.
When Wildlife Can’t Escape Fire
June 23, 2021 •
Whereas systems are in place to rescue domesticated animals in the path of fire, until now wild animals have been largely left to their own devices.
New Colony of a Rare Stingless Bee, Once Presumed Absent from California, Found By a Four-Year-Old in Palo Alto
June 3, 2021 •
Entomologists thought the Brazilian bee Plebeia emerina had disappeared in California in the 1950s. But two colonies were rediscovered in Palo Alto in 2013, and now a four-year-old has found two more.
After More Than One Million Nature Observations Worldwide, the Most Common Sighting Was …
May 11, 2021 •
After 50,000 people made nearly 1.3 million observations worldwide, what was the most common species found in the Bay Area and in the world?
Spring 2021 Almanac: An Illustrated Guide to Northern California Nature
March 30, 2021 •
Species (and a song) to look for in spring.
Bird Plural
March 30, 2021 •
Why do birds of the same—and different—feathers flock together? Well, it depends.
Country Cat, City Cat
March 30, 2021 •
A Marin County-based conservation photographer spends many hours looking at wildlife, and bobcats—both in the wild and around the neighborhood—are her favorite subject.