With Whales at Record Numbers off the California Coast, Scientists Try to Help Ships Avoid Them
With big ships still moving regularly through the Northern California marine sanctuaries, whales are at risk.
Tag: Farallones
A “Possible Record” Number of Blue Whales Visit the Farallones
After a foggy few weeks at the Farallon Islands, 25 miles west of San Francisco, Saturday turned clear. The five biologists who have been living and working on Southeast Farallon...
The Open Ocean is the Last Frontier In Birding
Living tens, hundreds, even thousands of miles offshore, pelagic seabirds are some of the least understood and most threatened avian species in the world.
An Atlantic Bird Makes a New Home in California — Maybe Because of Melting Arctic Ice
Meet Morris the gannet, who's not supposed to be here but seems to have made a home of it.
Re-Coding for Conservation
We can now alter the genomes of invasive species to slow their advance. Should we?
Warm El Niño Water Meets a North Pacific Already Disrupted By The Blob
Scientists still aren't sure what to make of what's happened in the Pacific Ocean this year.
Pelagic Birding for Beginners
We’re fortunate in the Bay Area to have access to good day-long pelagic birding trips. Here are some tips from the Golden Gate Audubon Society.
Pioneering The Mammal Big Day
The idea of recording as many mammals as you can see in 24 hours hasn't caught on the way the birding big day has. But when a team of longtime...
In An Unusual Year for Upwelling, Research Cruise Keeps an Eye on Marine Sanctuaries’ Rich Life
For the past decade, the Applied California Current Ecosystem Studies expedition has monitored the ocean waters just west of the Bay Area. Recently, researchers took the boat in search of...
Cordell Bank and Gulf of the Farallones Looking to Expand
A proposal now under NOAA consideration would more than double the size of the sanctuaries, and protect the entire Sonoma County coastline and part of the Mendocino coastline to Point...
