King Tide, Oakland Zoo and Humboldt squids
Thursday will bring highest tides of year. Grab your camera and help document Bay Area’s risk of sea level rise, and more Bay Area nature news.
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Naming the ‘fire lizards’ of the world
For an animal that's been given mythic properties, the salamanders of the world have some pretty colorful names.
Up a creek in floodwaters
During the big deluge two weeks ago, Marin's creeks were raging with water at a capacity rarely seen so early in the winter season.
Fracking leases, conservatives and a lone wolf
On Wednesday, feds opening 18,000 acres of land for oil and gas leases in Monterey Shale in central California, and other Bay Area nature news.
Cougar cubs, oysters and weather stations
Widespread criticism over Cal Fish & Game decision to shoot cougar cubs hiding out at Half Moon Bay house, and more Bay Area nature news.
A devil, killer whales and a lawsuit
Enjoy the start of this week’s “atmospheric river” with a little nature news: Largest concentration of aggressive great-tailed grackles, a.k.a. “devil’s bird,” turns up in SF’s Lake Merced. [San Francisco...
Dunes, the airport and a thank you
Landowners trying to develop last of Daly City's historic sand dunes, and other Bay Area nature news.
Will this year’s good ocean conditions last?
The first thing we heard was the exhalation of the animal,” says marine ecologist Kirsten Lindquist about the blue whale that surfaced close to R/V Fulmar during a research trip...
Crab, oysters and a major general
Dungeness crab fishermen head out to sea to set crab pots after price with processors agreed at $3 per pound, and more nature news.
Mountain Lake, Ken Burns and dog poo
The 1,700 yr-old Mountain Lake in San Francisco is a mess as restoration effort begins to clean up contaminants and remove invasives, and other Bay Area nature news.
