Nature “Without Us” … Looks Like Nature With Us?
It’s hard not to wonder if maybe it’s the people that have changed, and not the animals.
Wildlife
Can AI Read Scientific Literature to Help Save Animals Like Otters?
When Kyle Van Houtan, the chief scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, first began publishing research in the 1990s, he had to physically mail a typed manuscript in an envelope to a scientific journal, with a copy for each reviewer. … Read more
Naturalist’s Notebook: Chestnut-Backed Chickadees
Three subspecies of chestnut-backed chickadee inhabit the Bay Area. But the populations are merging.
Photo Gallery: Diablo Range Biodiversity
The Diablo Range is a biodiversity hotspot harboring numerous rare, endemic, or disjunct species. Here are some of the plants and animals you can find there.
California’s Diablo Range and Mount Diablo
Mount Diablo State Park in Clayton. Trail: 7.7 mi, 2,208 ft elevation gain, loop
Live Biodiversity
There’s a certain predictable expression that frequently settles on the face of the friend or family member I’m talking to when I say the word “biodiversity.” I’d call it tolerantly bored.
How Do Birds Know How to Build Nests?
There are 10,000-plus species of birds in the world, about 1,100 species in the United States, and 350 or so in the greater Bay Area, so there is great variability in nests. But the basic purpose of any nest is … Read more
A Mouse Surprise
Despite the fact that the salt marsh harvest mouse is the only mammal that scrapes out its existence exclusively in tidal marshes, no one has ever bothered to seriously study its physiology.
Spring Almanac 2020: An Illustrated Guide to Northern California Nature
Nature to look for in spring 2020.
See a Badger Away from Home
It's uncommon to see badgers in the Bay Area, even on camera traps.
