San Francisco, a honeybee’s paradise
Why has San Francisco, of all places, become the land of milk and honey for honeybees?
Urban Nature
A bike race, Valero and a dog ban
America's top bike race will scale Mount Diablo in May, but it's creating a headache for organizers, and more Bay Area nature news.
Geocaching Oakland’s Belap Path
The East Bay Hills are riddled with hidden paths and staircases. Providing an athletic training ground for the hard-core runner, a short cut from elevation to elevation for the casual rambler, convenient access to transit systems that have long ceased … Read more
Sutro Sam, the river otter, getting too much attention
Wildlife experts say to leave San Francisco's adorable river otter alone a little bit.
San Francisco group seeks Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights
A group of San Francisco nature enthusiasts want to make official every kid's right to climb a tree, see the ocean and ride a bike.
The thrill of the hive: San Francisco beekeeping
One of San Francisco's most prominent beekeepers produces 500 pounds of honey a year by never turning down a bee in need.
Give a nesting bird a home
Nesting birds are coming back to town. Now's your chance to be a bird box landlord.
Getting in tune with nature
Glen Ellen resident Bernie Krause records sounds in nature to understand a habitat's biodiversity.
Cut Off from Nature or Take the Right Cut-off?
Another father-son geocaching adventure: Learning to love wetlands, even the ones by the highway.
Pinnacles, trash and shipping
SF proceeds with enviro review of shipping trash by rail to Yuba County after groups sue, and more Bay Area nature news.
