Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
In a dark year, citizen science can shine a light on the natural world — and on humanity.
Citizen scientists tracking roadkill on Alma Bridge Road have counted an astonishing number of dead newts this season.
Everyone’s heard about Muir Woods. Where can you go to get away from the crowds and still see the nature that makes Northern California is famous?
The Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory is usually a bustling place. But these days, writes scientist Nicholas Bond, it’s distressingly quiet.
No cartoonish farm animals here — California’s wild pigs disrupt natural and urban spaces alike.
Western science and indigenous knowledge are often presented as conflicting. Jose Gonzalez looks for areas where they converge.
Independent, nonprofit environmental journalism connecting people with nature in the San Francisco Bay Area.
