Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
The tide may be finally turning against the use of drift gillnets off California waters. WARNING: Disturbing images.
There are lots of pretty pictures of the 3,000 nudibranchs species already discovered, but few specifics. Key elements of their fundamental biology are still poorly understood, or not understood at all. Or not even examined.
Spotted and photographed on North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve (north of Oroville), by Carolyn Straub, March 15.
Seen and photographed on the North Peak Trail between Prospector’s Gap and Mount Diablo, Mount Diablo State Park, by Harold Poskanzer, April 5.
Spotted and photographed on the Mount Olympia trail, Mount Diablo State Park, by Harold Poskanzer, April 5.
Lichens by nature are mottled and brittle looking. So how do you know when they are dead?
Independent, nonprofit environmental journalism connecting people with nature in the San Francisco Bay Area.
