Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
Guiding people through the wilderness – and empowering them with the tools to protect it – comes naturally to GreenInfo Network Executive Director and Bay Nature board chair emeritus Larry Orman.
Nearly 100 giant sea slugs have been spotted in Oakland’s Lake Merritt — and they’re breeding! But why? We asked Cal Academy’s Terry Gosliner about this sudden influx.
An ecologist argues that the presumed benefits of grazing—if they are real in the first place–can only be realized in small areas and/or result in excessive widespread collateral damage to wildlife, soils, water, and vegetation.
The endangered Mission blue butterfly flies again on Twin Peaks, thanks to a dedicated six-year transplant effort that might be in its last year.
For birds of prey, this may be the closest equivalent to a cat’s hairball. The pellet is a necessary means to get rid of indigested material.
At low tide on the North Coast right now, the tidepools teem with Hopkins’ rose nudibranchs. “This is not normal business as usual,” says scientist Terry Gosliner.
Independent, nonprofit environmental journalism connecting people with nature in the San Francisco Bay Area.
