On a waterlogged highway, cars drive into the sea. Truck cabs and bus windows poke up above the waves; sedans are fully ...

I saw literally every species of fish found in the lake,” except for the Clear Lake tule perch, Santana says. The ...

We’re peering down into a ravine carved out by Lagunitas Creek, looking for North American river otters. According to official California Department of Fish and Wildlife records, last updated in 1995, ...

To deliberately attract a tick, you need to emulate a large animal—which shouldn’t be that hard because humans are essentially big, lumbering apes. You increase your chances of attracting the ...

In the early 1950s, a Swedish dairy farmer and real estate magnate named Axel Adler came to California and fell in love with Big Sur. The rugged backcountry, the spring flowers, the redwoods tall over ...

On July 27, 2017 this story was announced as a finalist for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine 2017 Communication Awards. Every year, as summer turns to fall, the mouse ...

Lobos Creek trailhead in the Presidio looks wild. Flushed orange monkey flower, sage, and coyote bush spill over re-created sand dunes. Nearby, the creek empties into the ocean. But close your eyes. A ...

Ted and Moorea Stout’s forest burned in the 2021 Dixie Fire. (Photo by Max Whittaker) Ted and Moorea Stout follow an old logging road that passes their house, walking through charred groves of century ...

Amid the din of humming electric motors and gurgling laboratory aquarium tanks, life, new and precious, has been born. “Aren’t they so cute?” says Rachael Karm, a Sonoma State University research ...

The Grove of Old Trees sits on a hill in Sonoma County in full view of the ocean. “This is where I come to chase the fog,” says Emily Burns. But on this day in March, her prey is elusive. Buttercups ...

This article has been conserved for you by Sonoma Land Trust. Learn more about our Online Article Conservation Program here. The lazy waters of Willow Creek flow under a small highway bridge just a ...

Pastures are visible from a derelict milking barn at the historic D Ranch, founded in 1870 and abandoned after the creation of Point Reyes National Seashore. (Lisa M. Krieger) In the gently rolling ...