Olympia oysters, whose native range runs from Baja California to southern Alaska, are being enlisted as ecological engineers ...

A crow funeral can happen at any time. Farmers bear witness after shooting unwanted crows in their fields. Powerline workers see them should an unlucky bird zap itself and drop. Occasionally, the ...

Ever picked up a piece of sandstone or Monterey shale at the beach and found a hole through it? “Witch stones” may have the look of magical amulets, but they’re actually the life’s work of a ...

A glider surfaces in its mission collecting ocean data. (Courtesy of Instrument Development Group, Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Climate Change These Programs Have Monitored Our Waters For ...

In the mid-2000s, biologist Kim Meyer conducted a two-year census of nesting raptors in the Presidio of San Francisco for the National Park Service, which had recently inherited the former military ...

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Join a community passionate about getting kids outside! The deadline to apply is August 22 . Apply today > Training begins this fall for volunteers interested in leading school groups on environmental ...

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Spiders create ideal traps with their webs. This is a guide to some of the most common types of spider webs.

Photo by Scott Doniger Stewardship After Decades Away, River Otters Make a Triumphant Return to the Bay Area Scientists and volunteers track a remarkable return, and study how to keep it going ...

Climate Change A Time of Reckoning in the Central Valley Climate change is upending agriculture and land use in California's Central Valley ...