BLM wants to open up areas for drilling near beloved Bay Area parks and wild spaces. We break down how likely that is.

But the 20 visitors gathered on the lower slopes of Sonoma Mountain on an overcast morning in early March understood they were special: vernal pools—vital features of the California landscape that ...

In an unprecedented heat wave, we check in on the newts, the bears, the mussels, and all those flowers that just woke up for spring.

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BLM wants to open up areas for drilling near beloved Bay Area parks and wild spaces. We break down how likely that is.

The Pan American Highway runs through the Sechura Desert in Peru, one of the driest places on Earth -- except when El Niño arrives. (Photo by A. Duarte, Flickr Creative Commons) A low-hanging, densely ...

State Route 12 cut to the horizon line of Solano County. Somewhere out of sight lay the small town of Rio Vista and the Delta. But about an hour northeast of San Francisco, midway through southern ...

Santa Cruz District Superintendent for California State Parks Chris Spohrer, and Amah Mutsun Tribal Band chairman Valentin Lopez stand in Quiroste Valley Cultural Preserve, surrounded by a field of ...

Adult Chinook Salmon. Photo: PNNL - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The upriver salmon run is one of nature’s great migrations. Each year mature salmon make the long journey back to their natal ...

The monkeyface eel, widely considered ugly-yet-delicious, makes its home on the rocky coast. It is the elusive object of affection -- and livelihood -- for a small band of dedicated fishermen. (Photo ...