7+ hour, 25+ min ago   (470+ words) Yggdrasil Urban Wildlife Rescue is asking Bay Area drivers who recently returned from the mountains to check their vehicles after two yellow-bellied marmots were found in the region. Both animals are recovering at the rescue center, and their origins have…...

14+ hour, 49+ 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…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (636+ words) The best gifts for animal lovers! Shop paw print clothing, animal lover jewelry, animal inspired home decor, cat and dog lover gifts and more! Every item sold funds food and care for shelter animals....

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (136+ words) Grotto Rock Park is a volcanic rhyolite rock park in Berkeley, prized locally for its panoramic views and urban bouldering, according to East Bay Magazine. The surrounding corridor also includes single-family homes on Indian Rock Avenue. Whether the current design…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (171+ words) Nationally, waste diversion remains a persistent challenge. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, roughly half of all municipal solid waste generated in the United States is sent to landfills, while only about 32% is recycled or composted, underscoring the ongoing need…...

3+ day, 6+ 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…...

4+ day, 12+ 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…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (238+ words) A mountain lion had made its way into San Francisco's Panhandle neighborhood over the weekend, a rare but not completely unheard-of sight for one of California's major cities. Residents reported seeing the lion near Fell and Baker streets, prompting Animal…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (33+ words) KTVU A mountain lion spotted in San Francisco’s Panhandle neighborhood over the weekend has safely moved along, officials said, relieving residents after the rare big cat sighting....

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (1000+ words) BLACK ROCK CITY, Nev. — Every year, 70,000 people flock to Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to leave behind their worldly troubles and exist in a bubble that is Burning Man. Burning Man operates on 10 core principles, ranging from radical inclusion to leaving…...