Naturalist’s Notebook: Arachnophilia
Take a closer look at a few of our quirkier local spiders.
Wildlife
Coyote Valley Crossings
Students help document how wildlife cross Coyote Valley, a critical link between the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Diablo Range.
Dem Bones, Dem Bones
What can you learn from a skull or other bone you might find along the trail? A few simple tips will help you figure out what those bones have to...
A Good Big Year
December 31, 2008, marked the end of the 2008 Endangered Species Big Year in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). The yearlong event was a call to action for...
Raptor Rapture
The Marin Headlands is justifiably renowned as a great place to see raptors. But did you know that the world’s highest density of breeding golden eagles is found near Altamont...
GGNRA Big Year Comes to a Close
What brings together professionals and amateur naturalists, butterfly specialists and evolutionary biologists, children and adults, all in the name of endangered species? Try the Golden Gate National Recreation Area's Big...
Time for Dungeness Crab
Fall is harvest time for crab fishermen, who place "crab pots" offshore to catch Dungeness crabs. The crabs, the largest species on the West Coast, have a complex lifecycle that...
Return of the Coho
Every winter, coho salmon return to coastal streams, though only 1 percent of the half million fish that once filled local streams. But you can still see them, and even...
It’s Raining…Rain Beetles?
As April showers are to May flowers in other parts of the country, so are autumn rains to the rain beetle here in the Bay Area. The rainy season's first...
The Sandhill Homecoming
Every fall, thousands of graceful sandhill cranes arrive in the Central Valley to spend the winter. They're a sight not to be missed!
