Nature preserve caretaker Ricardo Black examines one of the many native plants that were planted by students last year at the nature preserve at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, Calif., on Friday ...

The City Nature Challenge is an annual competition that mobilizes communities to document as many species of plant, animal and other types of critters in a four-day period using the iNaturalist app.

An endangered flower one scientist called a “tiny mystery” has cropped up in astonishing numbers in San Luis Obispo County. Scientists were stunned this spring to find 16,000 Camatta Canyon amoles at ...

Seed Germination: Nature's Spark for Growth Fire is a key player in the lifecycle of many plants, particularly in fire-prone areas like California. Certain species, such as some pines and ...

California is in one of the world’s 36 biodiversity hot spots and is home to more than 6,000 types of native plants, including hundreds of wildflower species.

Plants grow from something unexpected—carbon drawn in through tiny pores called stomata. At Stanford, researchers are ...

In Southern California's Tijuana River Estuary, a blind scientist is leading a tour that encourages visitors to experience nature a little differently. He introduces visitors to the native plants ...

Improving predictions of plant species survival with the California poppy. August 15, 2024 ... We really are in the beginning days of understanding how that works and what nature holds in terms of its ...

They offer a diverse range of California’s more unusual and hard-to-find species as well as some of the strongest keystone plants. Location: 2990 Somers St., Fulton Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., daily ...