Ask the Naturalist: Wall-to-Wall Blue Jays?
A Berkeley reader asks why he's seeing so many jays lately.
Wildlife
Ask the Naturalist: Best spots to photograph Bay Area butterflies?
Doesn't get much better for eye candy than a butterfly on a flower, right?
Gardening for Wild Bees? Now There’s an App for That
A new iPad app, Wild Bee Gardening, draws on the knowledge of native bee experts to bring native bee conservation and gardening into the digital realm.
Sharing Secrets of the Oak Woodlands
Over a decade of close observation and research led to Kate Marianchild's first book Secrets of the Oak Woodlands.
Love a Shark? Save a Wetland
The resident sharks of the San Francisco Bay rely on healthy tidal wetlands.
American Kestrel Population Drops Dramatically, And Without Fanfare
At the national level, the American kestrel population has been plummeting. Researchers in Santa Cruz are trying to learn more about the surprisingly mysterious birds.
Ask The Naturalist: Can Deer Twins Be Born on Different Days?
This week's guest naturalist David Lukas has the answer to a reader's intriguing cervid question.
Tracking the Ghost Cat: Mountain Lions Remain Elusive in the East Bay
The Bay Area Puma Project team has been collaring mountain lions and monitoring remote motion-sensor cameras throughout the East Bay. It’s not easy tracking the elusive cats, but it’s vital...
Marsh Once More: The Bay Trail Takes Off at Hamilton Airfield
Looking out across the 650-acre project toward the distant Godzilla arm of the backhoe against the blue sky, I finally see on the ground what the planners and engineers have...
In Summer and Fall, the Pacific Ocean Shines at Night with a Living Light Show
Another phenomenon, equally fabulous but much lower in the food chain, can also occur in the ocean at this time of year: bioluminescence, or “living light.”
