Efforts to build a new dock for harbor seals in Alameda have paid off.
Tag: winter
Ask the Naturalist
Ask The Naturalist: Do Badgers Hibernate?
Do badgers hibernate during the winter? And if not, when *do* they emerge from their burrows? Guest naturalist Susan Kirks answers.
Winter Issue 2017
Pacific Chorus Frogs Use Their Famous Calls to Stake Out Territory
That iconic Hollywood “ribbit” has a purpose.
Winter Issue 2017
Brightly Colored Parrot Mushrooms Love the Damp Dark Days of Winter
Parrot mushrooms love the dark days of winter.
Ask the Naturalist, Wildlife
Ask The Naturalist: How Important Are Red Toyon Berries To the Winter Food Chain?
For a lesson in food chain dynamics, go ahead and observe a fruiting toyon bush this winter.
Fall Issue 2016
Are Bay Area Bats Threatened With White Nose Syndrome?
Ask the naturalist: Bay Area bats and white-nose syndrome.
Urban Nature
How to Forage For and Prepare Bay Nuts
Bay nuts are in season. Here are some tips for finding and preparing them.
El Niño
Lessons From An El Niño That Didn’t Go As Planned
What can we learn from last winter’s El Niño not behaving as expected?
Winter Issue 2016
Why Do Ants Enter My House When It’s Warm or Raining?
Why do ants do what they do, and what makes them leave? Naturalist Michael Ellis explains.
Urban Nature, Wildlife
Brown Pelicans Show Breeding Failure
About 100 California Brown Pelicans made an unusual appearance on the old wooden dock on the south side of Alameda Point. But only one of the pelicans could be identified as a one- or two-year-old.
