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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…...
Sea lion dies from suspected warm water neurotoxin in San Francisco
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (46+ words) CTV News Sea lion dies from suspected warm water neurotoxin in San Francisco A sick sea lion died on San Francisco’s Crissy Field Beach after it was seen experiencing seizures likely due to a neurotoxin....
Sea lion dies at Crissy Field amid surge in algae-related poisonings – NBC Bay Area
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (412+ words) A California sea lion died at San Francisco's Crissy Field on Monday after showing signs of domoic acid poisoning, according to The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito. Callers first reported the large sea lion on the beach showing signs of…...
New numbers show odds spike for major Bay Area earthquake in next 30 years – NBC Bay Area
1+ week, 3+ day ago (204+ words) The risk of a large earthquake in the Bay Area has just been recalculated and the odds have gone up. Velena Jones reports. New federal numbers put the odds of a magnitude 6.7 quake or stronger in the Bay Area during…...
New research finds San Andreas Fault is slipping faster than previously thought
3+ week, 1+ day ago (231+ words) SAN FRANCISCO -- Just a week after a 3.9 magnitude earthquake rocked the Hayward Fault in Oakland, new research is highlighting a danger on the San Andreas Fault. Researchers at San Jose State University found that the fault is slipping faster than…...
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…...
After slashing science budgets, Trump bets on Bay Area researchers
3+ week, 4+ day ago (970+ words) FILE: The campus of Stanford University including Hoover Tower, as seen from Stanford Stadium during an ACC college football game on Nov. 1, 2025, in Palo Alto, Calif. Electric vehicle companies and other industries have been scouring the globe for critical minerals…...