Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area

  • Snatch! The vultures vs. the hawk

    Snatch! The vultures vs. the hawk

    In a battle among feathered titans over a delectable carcass, ask yourself: Can you truly feel bad for vultures?

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  • GMOs, Sonoma parks and beavers

    GMOs, Sonoma parks and beavers

    The GMO labeling ballot measure, if passed, could reverberate throughout rest of the country, and more Monday nature news.

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  • Meet Mark Twain’s frog at Mori Point

    Meet Mark Twain’s frog at Mori Point

    Mori Point, along the coast in San Mateo County, is one of the smattering of locations where the fabled California red-leggeds live, the largest frogs in the West.

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  • Bringing an Environmental School to Light

    Bringing an Environmental School to Light

    During her two years at the Environmental Protection Agency designing the first Energy Star programs, Cyane Dandridge lamented not being able to “see change happen” on the ground. So she found work closer to her heart, founding an environmental consulting firm dedicated to helping communities reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, then co-founding the first school…

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  • Art in the shade at the UC Botanical Garden

    Art in the shade at the UC Botanical Garden

    This Sunday, visit the UC Botanical Garden, see a remakable collection of installation art, and hear from artist Todd Gilens about the 100-foot-long mural he created on the side of a shade house.

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  • A refund, Lenai and a great white diet

    A refund, Lenai and a great white diet

    The group now running Henry Coe State Park want their money back after the scandal over hidden funds in State Parks Department, and more news.

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