
Corky Quirk is the founder and executive director of Northern California Bats (aka NorCal Bats), a Sacramento-based nonprofit organization dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and release of bats. NorCal Bats is also deeply committed to dispelling the fears and myths about bats that lead to the destruction of roosts and colonies. Corky’s annual walks to the Yolo…

San Francisco resident Kelly Jensen is the Interlibrary Loan and Digital Production Assistant at the California Academy of Sciences. One of the perks of her job is a discounted membership in City CarShare (CCS), a program which offers car rentals by the hour or the day. Members choose from a selection of low-emission, hybrid, or…

So you didn’t go? Well, nevermind. There’s plenty to do here at home that evokes the spirit of Burning Man.

What’s in store for the desert species who’ve come to rely on an undeveloped landscape now threatened by a California oil boom?

Endangered fin whale youngster died near Stinson Beach from undetermined trauma injury, and other Bay Area nature news.

Traffic has come to a stop at a major intersection in downtown Oakland. What would happen if pedestrians and bicyclists took the place of the cars?