Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
How do slugs and salamanders survive the summer? Ah, seasons. The Bay Area may not have the distinct seasonality of New England, but there is a definite cool and rainy season and a definite dry and hot season, and our natural denizens have had to adapt. Many plants do this by, well, not surviving by…
Fish raised on farms generally eat their ground-up oceanic cousins. A farm in Susanville is trying to change that.
Urban raccoons are everywhere. Some evidence suggests they’re growing smarter from living in an urban world.
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Turfgrass covers more than 40 million acres of land in the continental United States, including lawns, parks, commercial landscapes, sports fields and golf courses. It is the single largest irrigated crop in the nation. Turfgrasses are grass species with…
If the snake you encounter looks perturbed, don’t count solely on head shape when you ID it.
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The relationship between parks and crime remains the subject of debate. Some scholars say parks and other urban green spaces prevent violence. When vacant lots and deteriorating urban spaces are transformed into more appealing and useful places for residents,…
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