The U.S. Fish and Wildlife invited coastal communities to comment on otters in Northern California and here’s what they learned.
The Public’s Reaction to Otter Reintroduction
September 12, 2024 •
Bees Are Heating Up. How Will They Cope?
September 5, 2024 •
Climate change is coming for our most critical pollinators. Scientists are figuring out if our bees can handle the heat.
The Pocket Forests Grow Thick
August 29, 2024 •
Three years ago, kids at four East Bay schools planted tiny forests from scratch, using an ultra-dense planting known as the Miyawaki method. Our reporter ducks into two of them to see how they’ve grown.
How to Tell Our Local Turtles ApartÂ
August 22, 2024 •
Even experts sometimes struggle to distinguish western pond turtles from common pond sliders.
College Student Discovers 11 New Species of Predatory Worms in Bodega Bay
August 8, 2024 •
How little we know about the biodiversity of marine invertebrates.
Don’t Make Them Cross the Road
August 1, 2024 •
Once a tough sell, wildlife crossings are now proliferating in the Bay Area.
California May List Ancient, Iconic White Sturgeon as Threatened
July 18, 2024 •
They’ve survived 200 million years without changing. Now, “changes to the Bay-Delta system and changes to our climate are happening too quickly for them,” says a UC Davis scientist.
State Lawmakers Axe Longstanding Habitat Conservation Fund [Update: It’s Back]
June 20, 2024 •
Here’s a look at what these state conservation dollars have helped fund in the Bay Area.
The Meaning of Dos Rios, California’s Newest State Park
June 11, 2024 •
On Wednesday, June 12, the state of California officially opens Dos Rios, the first new state park in more than a decade. It’s a riparian forest restoration at the confluence of the San Joaquin and Tuolumne rivers, in the Central … Read more
Like Top Gun, But With Falcons, and On Alcatraz
June 10, 2024 •
Our first sign of falcon presence is a lone pigeon feather that floats down like a sinister snowflake from the top of the Alcatraz lighthouse, the highest point on the island. “I bet that top walkway is just littered with … Read more