Pesticides used in common over-the-counter topical tick and flea treatments have been found in Bay Area wastewater effluent ...

Jake Sigg, one of California’s best-known advocates for protecting native biodiversity, died on June 10, one week after his ...

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A bill to exempt the proposed shipyard from environmental analysis is doing the time warp again.

For most lakes and rivers, the state’s official map of fecal bacterial contamination shows data that’s more than a year old.

August 13, 2026: As forecasts have changed, we’ve updated the text to indicate that a “very strong” El Niño for this fall and winter is almost certain. The Climate Prediction Center is also now ...

San Francisco State University researchers had a five-year NIH grant to assess the physiological effects of nature on Black and brown students. The Trump administration said the work supported ...

After decades mapping municipal streetlights, Rick Staychock could see that artificial intelligence would soon come for his job. At 56, he decided to pivot. Now, Staychock has turned towards a field ...

Michael Herz and Kate Josephs decided that to make their podcast about the San Francisco Bay, it would be best for them to live upon the San Francisco Bay. Amir Aziz / Bay Nature Four years ago, ...

Redwoods peek above a blanket of gray as fog rolls into Bay Area valleys, dripping down to nourish ferns and mosses below. In San Francisco, tourists shiver in the billowing gloom, fooled by the ...

California Forever has announced plans for a 7,500 acre shipyard along 6.5 miles of undeveloped riverbank in the Montezuma Hills. It would be the largest greenfield shipyard in recent memory in the ...