Long-term monitoring isn’t sexy,” says one source. But this data is how we know what is happening to the planet.

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Donna Graves couldn’t believe it when she heard that the LGBTQ+ exhibit she created at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historic Park in Richmond, California, was in jeopardy.

Biodiversity After 28 Years, Alameda Creek Opens Up To Fish The final barrier is falling. It's a watershed moment.

When ranchers leave the land, what version of nature takes over? The park and The Nature Conservancy have ambitious restoration plans.

Here to stay? Mats of Eurasian watermilfoil clog waterways in the Tahoe Keys, on Lake Tahoe’s south side. It can regrow from a wisp. (Sonya Bennett-Brandt) Biodiversity What Lies Beneath Can we keep ...

For the first time in history, black bears are living in North Bay counties, occupying an ecological niche once filled by grizzlies.

Conservation A Richmond Creek Gets Spruced Up, for Fish and People Alike Wildcat Creek has been trash-clogged and flood-prone for forty years. Now residents will plan its revitalization—and maybe the ...

Climate Change Mud-Starved Wetlands Get a Meal, At Last With Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding, the Bay’s wetlands are finally getting some precious muck. Why have we been dumping it offshore?

A California giant chanterelle at Strawberry Canyon in Berkeley. (Alan Rockefeller via mushroomobserver.org, CC-BY-SA) Exploration California’s New State Mushroom Is One Heck of a Fungus After votes ...

A group of coho salmon alevin, with intact egg sacks still visible. (Will Boucher) Conservation A Last Best Hope for Coho in the Russian River Now equipped with $8.4 million in federal money, ...