Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
One of the most dramatic mating rituals in the animal kingdom is right on our Bay Area doorstep. Male elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park risk life and limb to be the guy who gets to impregnate up to 75 females.
Served in French dishes under the alias pom pom du blanc, lion’s mane has a texture and taste resembling lobster or shrimp. Chris Schoenstein, a lifelong enthusiast and member of the Mycological Society of San Francisco, has only seen one 2 or 3 times. But that, if you’re a mushroom hunter, is the hook that…
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has declared 230 acres of San Francisco critical habitat for the Franciscan manzanita, the oft-discussed rare shrub famous for its dramatic rediscovery and the relocation of a sole survivor in 2009.
Big Sur fire nears full containment as SF Board of Supervisors consider plastic water bottle ban and more Bay Area nature news…
For decades, the Palo Alto-based Environmental Volunteers have shown kids the wonders of nature all around them.
Environmental volunteer Bob Dodge explains the antics of the Acorn Woodpecker
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