For this special 25th anniversary issue, we go big. We exult in restored natural places, try to think like a salamander, ...

So fun! It was a treat to poke around the fire trails for all things tiny and eight-legged. We saw turret spiders’ holes, crab spiders, and many others. And finally, at the very end of the hike we saw ...

Yellowfin gobies, washed up on Lake Merritt's shore at the height of the bloom. (Courtesy of Damon Tighe) “That’s the million dollar question for people that study phytoplankton — why now, and why ...

Pastures are visible from a derelict milking barn at the historic D Ranch, founded in 1870 and abandoned after the creation of Point Reyes National Seashore. There’s an ambitious plan to restore these ...

This is the first in an occasional series on mentors, mentorship, and natural history teaching in Northern California. Find other entries in the series as they appear ...

Winnemem Wintu Chief Caleen Sisk conducts a blessing ceremony at the confluence of Cow Creek and the Sacramento River during Run4Salmon. Sisk envisions a volitional fish passage up Cow Creek, which ...

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 ...