7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (608+ words) Inching through the beam of light, an alien creature crawled across the surface of the sand, resembling an inch-long cluster of ghostly leaves fringed with silvery filigree and capped with a pair of antennae-like stalks. “It immediately caught my eye,…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (524+ words) By SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press “Not only are we losing birds, we are losing them faster and faster from year to year,” said study co-author Marta Jarzyna, an ecologist at Ohio State University. “Except for forest birds, almost every group…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (211+ words) Kelp restoration efforts have begun to address some of the most obvious losses, but the scale of these human intervention activities is smaller than a football field and will never be able to fully compensate for regional losses of kelp....

7+ mon, 1+ day ago   (702+ words) In the 1850s, settlers from around the world poured into California to seek their fortunes during the Gold Rush. The Washoe people, who had lived around Lake Tahoe for thousands of years, were pushed out. Farming, logging and mining took over…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (238+ words) SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS — The Santa Cruz Mountains are home to plenty of iconic species, from banana slugs to redwood trees. But the king of the mountains, reigning over rabbits and black-tailed deer, is the mountain lion. RELATED: California is natural…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (699+ words) By Olga R. Rodriguez and Haven Daley | Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A 77-pound mountain lion set off a scramble Tuesday as it wandered through San Francisco’s wealthy Pacific Heights neighborhood before finally being captured as onlookers safely peered from their home…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (403+ words) By HAVEN DALEY, Associated Press PESCADERO — Every winter about 10,000 elephant seals make their way to California’s Año Nuevo State Park to fight, mate and give birth. The spectacle runs from mid-December through March, drawing wildlife watchers eager for a glimpse…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (629+ words) The initiative is the first restoration project by California’s first Black-led land trust, the 40 Acre Conservation League. Leading the agency is board president and executive director Jade Stevens, an LA-based public affairs professional and competitive cyclist. We recently chatted with…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (415+ words) When Lucy Zhang first listened to recordings of humpback whale songs, she didn’t expect to hear the makings of a symphony. But while playing the recordings, the Saratoga High School senior recognized music patterns she had encountered while practicing piano…...

9+ mon, 3+ day ago   (686+ words) With a shell that looks like a full moon, egg cases that look like broken pottery on the seafloor, a unique predatory style and even a feature comparable belly button, the moon snail that frequents La Jolla waters has been…...