Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
Scientists are using genetic tests to determine how a nasty parasite is killing off the band-tailed pigeon.
This is no mere Internet meme: the City of San Jose has a burrowing owl preserve, with hidden cameras, and it is spectacular.
When hundreds of surf scoters and other ducks wintering on San Francisco Bay were found coated with a baffling “mystery goo” a few weeks ago, San Francisco Baykeeper was one of the first organizations on the scene.
Ecologists hope that by reviving a rare dune ecosystem, the public will come to appreciate it as much as the forest.
It’s hot. And the next El Niño will likely blow away even 2014’s temperature record, locally, statewide, and globally.
Up until recently, there were limited and fairly antiquated options on how to measure California’s snowpack.
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