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 ...

Donna Graves couldn’t believe it when she heard that the LGBTQ+ exhibit she created at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historic Park in Richmond, California, was in jeopardy.

When ranchers leave the land, what version of nature takes over? The park and The Nature Conservancy have ambitious restoration plans.

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 ...

The environment is on the ballot this November—and not just in the presidential race. Amidst a plethora of other measures, Californians will vote on Proposition 4, the so-called climate bond, which ...

A humpback whale snaps its mouth shut, full of anchovy. (Bill Keener/The Marine Mammal Center) Biodiversity The Backstory on Pacifica’s Whale Bonanza Scientists surveying marine life off our coastline ...

Botany A Lifeline for Three Endangered Wildflowers The Inflation Reduction Act is helping scientists imagine hopeful futures for endangered North Bay wildflower species. It’s been decades since they ...

For the first time in history, black bears are living in North Bay counties, occupying an ecological niche once filled by grizzlies.

A foggy winter afternoon in Archer Taylor Preserve’s Far Meadow. (Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright) Exploration A Lush Gem Nestled on Napa Valley’s Slopes Napa County’s Archer Taylor Preserve offers ...

Scientists have schlepped up some silvery blue butterflies, Glaucopsyche lygdamus, from the Monterey area to the Presidio, to stand in for their extinct cousin. (Gayle Laird, California Academy of ...

A group of coho salmon alevin, with intact egg sacks still visible. (Will Boucher) Conservation A Last Best Hope for Coho in the Russian River Now equipped with $8.4 million in federal money, ...

Inspired by the science of beaver wetlands, activists tackle a long-held belief that beavers aren't native to much of California.