Ecosystems – Biology – Animals

USFWS: Historic levee breach opens 300 San Francisco Bay acres to tidal marsh restoration

Partners celebrate 20th anniversary of South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project On December 13, the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration…

11 months ago

Can frog transplants bring an endangered species back from the brink in California?

A yellow-legged frog in its habitat rests on algae and a stick in San Benito County, Calif., on Saturday, Oct.…

11 months ago

The ridiculously stupid reason the US is letting animals spiral toward oblivion

Art: Eleanor Taylor for Vox Good God, give this US agency a few more dollars to stop a mass extinction. Exactly…

11 months ago

Lithium mining is about to go big on the Colorado River. Here’s what to know.

Photo: The process uses an astounding amount of water, which is in short supply across Utah and the arid West.…

11 months ago

KNOWABLE: In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, new marine ecosystems are flourishing

In the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, at least 79,000 metric tons of plastic has coalesced to create the Great Pacific…

1 year ago

Energy company wants to build hydropower projects on the Navajo Nation. Not everyone is on board.

Photo: Percy Deal, a resident of the Big Mountain community on Black Mesa, sits in a field near the foothills…

1 year ago

Schooling Fish: Behind the Scenes of Putah Creek Fish Sampling

It’s a curious thing, teaching a classroom of future fish conservationists about revitalizing degraded ecosystems. Putah Creek was an unconventional…

1 year ago

Microplastics could trigger cloud formation and affect the weather, new study suggests

Sunset scenery at Mount Tai in Tai'an, east China's Shandong Province on May 23, 2018. Jia Guangrui/SIPA/Zuma CNN — Microplastics…

1 year ago

Giant Sequoias Are in Big Trouble. How Best to Save Them?

The Windy Fire burns in Sequoia National Forest in September 2021. Noah Berger / AP Photo California’s ancient sequoias —…

1 year ago

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and contaminants of emerging concern in wastewater discharges to San Francisco Bay

The issue of water quality in the Delta has become increasingly important in recent years. The drought has made the…

1 year ago