It's been nearly five years since a lightning-fueled wildfire caused major damage in Big Basin State Park. That includes scorching some thousand-year-old redwoods.

In one of the largest deals to protect open space in the Bay Area over the past decade, an environmental group is purchasing ...

The 1,517-acre acquisition solidifies a 22,000-acre block of protected, publicly accessible land stretching from Monte Rio to ...

Wildlife photographer Ingo Arndt discovered his first enormous ant mound as a child exploring the forest with his father near their home in Germany almost 50 years ago. They were bird-watching ...

Although redwoods and sequoias have been planted in the Pacific Northwest for decades and can easily be found growing and even thriving in yards, parks and arboretums in Washington and Oregon, these ...

Nestled in the redwood forests of Santa Cruz, California, there’s a place where the laws of physics seem to take a vacation. Welcome to the Santa Cruz Mystery Spot, where water flows uphill, people ...

With 28 National parks in California, you can truly find something for everyone to see and enjoy. California National Pa ...

During the Bay Area’s damp winters, we can’t afford to be fair-weather hikers. Fortunately, some hikes in the Bay Area are ...

FOGGY FRIDAY? The Friday morning commute will feature patchy fog and haze, but my bigger concern will be for Friday evening into Saturday morning, when areas of dense fog could cause some issues.

In highly deforested landscapes and degraded forests, large-seeded big trees are losing out to opportunistic, fast-growing species, a recent study has found. Having examined 1,207 tree species ...