A derelict fishing vessel has finally been removed from a Sonoma County beach, after nine years. Waiting to do the cleanup ...

All 12 Bay Area “critical habitat” groves in a proposed federal threatened listing include eucalyptus. How do we protect a ...

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 ...

The Amah Mutsun, a Native American tribe in the San Francisco Bay Area, work to restore landscape ecology with traditional ecological knowledge.

When a bird of prey eats its prey and then regurgitates the bones and fur or feathers, what is that regurgitation called? — Colleen Hershon, Vallejo There are at least two names for this regurgitation ...

Fire The Burning Question in the East Bay Hills: Eucalyptus Is Flammable Compared to What? Twenty-five years after the Oakland Hills fire, people still disagree about whether blue gum eucalyptus is a ...

Indigenous land repatriation is much discussed and little practiced in the Bay Area. Why is it so hard to return stolen land?

Coronavirus Biodiversity and the Spread of Disease Ecology drives infectious disease. Research on Lyme shows why.

The Guadalupe River runs through downtown San Jose. (Photo by Andrea Laue) Exploration The Guadalupe River and the Hidden Heart of San José Guadalupe River Trail in San Jose ...

Fog means survival for many Bay Area plants and animals. What will happen to this life-giving airborne moisture in an era of global warming?

Here to stay? Mats of Eurasian watermilfoil clog waterways in the Tahoe Keys, on Lake Tahoe’s south side. It can regrow from a wisp. (Sonya Bennett-Brandt) Biodiversity What Lies Beneath Can we keep ...