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Elegant terns are suddenly all over San Francisco shores
14+ hour, 5+ min ago (310+ words) Elegant terns arrive in big numbers at Crissy Marsh in San Francisco. Royal. Sandwich. Caspian. Elegant. These are the colorful names for different species of terns, some of San Francisco Bay’s most graceful seabirds. A wave of elegant terns — identifiable…...
Mastodon Tooth Found in San Mateo County Creek Bed
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (230+ words) A fossilized Pacific mastodon tooth turned up this summer in a creek bed in San Mateo County. According to the San Mateo Daily Journal, a fossilized tooth was found in a creek bed in San Mateo County. Paleontologist Wayne Thompson…...
Monarchs Return to Napa's Sutro Preserve After Wildfire
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (170+ words) Heartleaf milkweed carries history beyond its ecological role. Indigenous Miwok communities historically made deer nets, including nets up to about 40 feet long. The land trust also conducts monarch and milkweed monitoring at Sutro. Beyond its own crews, the organization asks…...
The hidden life keeping the southwest's deserts alive
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1431+ words) Biocrusts both produce and reinforce soils, creating the foundation upon which everything else grows. It was well above 90 degrees the day I followed scientists out across the Needles district in Canyonlands National Park. As we stepped off the road, I…...
Sea lion cruelty sparks call to close world-famous California beach
3+ week, 3+ day ago (810+ words) A sea lion at La Jolla Cove Beach in San Diego, Calif. Just one month after a video went viral of a man abusing a sea lion at a popular San Diego cove, the California Coastal Commission is considering closing…...
Watch: Orcas launch out of Monterey Bay during dolphin hunt
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (95+ words) Whale watchers in Monterey Bay witnessed orcas launching out of the water last weekend as they tailed a pod of dolphins. The owner of Sanctuary Cruises, which runs whale watching tours in Monterey Bay, said a boat captain witnessed the…...
Thermal Cameras Spot Whales Nearly Every Day Off San Francisco
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (436+ words) Saving the Whales Just Got a Little Easier – Image for illustrative purposes only (Image credits: Unsplash) San Francisco Bay has long been known for its busy shipping lanes and dramatic coastline. Now a quiet technological addition is changing how often…...
Calif. scientists expect to find thousands of new species during coastal survey
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (433+ words) Researchers at work in the tide pools near Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dozens of scientists from across California have teamed up to begin a painstaking and unprecedented cataloging of every intertidal species along the coast. The yearslong effort will not…...
Sonoma discovery proves sunflower sea stars survived in Calif.
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (746+ words) FILE: A sunflower sea star dwells underwater in California. As an infamous marine heat wave ramped up more than a decade ago, sunflower sea stars fell sick and all but disappeared from California waters. But scientists refused to stop searching…...
OpenRoad: Searching for rare bumblebees in East Bay – NBC Bay Area
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (124+ words) In this edition of OpenRoad we’ll see a fire scorched landscape coming back to life and the work being done to make our communities safer and the environment healthier. In this edition of OpenRoad we’ll see a fire scorched landscape…...