Animals Can Recover From Fire
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.
Wildlife
Summer 2021 Almanac: An Illustrated Guide to Bay Area Nature
Wildlife to look for in a fire-prone area.
When Wildlife Can’t Escape Fire
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
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 …
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
Species (and a song) to look for in spring.
Bird Plural
Why do birds of the same—and different—feathers flock together? Well, it depends.
Country Cat, City Cat
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.
Birding the Botanic Garden
The Botanic Garden Bird Survey Team has recorded all of the birds they’ve observed in this corner of Tilden Regional Park, specifically tracking which species visit and when, what they eat, and the materials they use to build nests.
A Photo Birding List for the Regional Parks Botanic Garden
Photos of nine birds the Botanic Garden Survey Team has spotted in the garden in the last few years.
