Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
What flowers might botanists see in the North Bay this spring?
Corvids move noisily into new areas. Are they arriving, or returning?
A reader wonders: should I pull out creeping ivy, or has it created its own ecosystem with plants and animals that rely on it?
A reader finds a small brown moth, the type you regularly see under porchlights. Where do you begin to identify it?
We’re used to thinking about how wildfires change the soil for plants. But a UC Berkeley researcher wants to turn the relationship around and ask how the plants that spring up after a fire could lock-in long-term soil recovery.
A reader finds what looks like pomegranate seeds at the base of her maple tree. Are they eggs? Galls? Or something else?
Independent, nonprofit environmental journalism connecting people with nature in the San Francisco Bay Area.
