Olympia oysters, whose native range runs from Baja California to southern Alaska, are being enlisted as ecological engineers ...

In the mid-2000s, biologist Kim Meyer conducted a two-year census of nesting raptors in the Presidio of San Francisco for the National Park Service, which had recently inherited the former military ...

A glider surfaces in its mission collecting ocean data. (Courtesy of Instrument Development Group, Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Climate Change These Programs Have Monitored Our Waters For ...

Ever picked up a piece of sandstone or Monterey shale at the beach and found a hole through it? “Witch stones” may have the look of magical amulets, but they’re actually the life’s work of a ...

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Photo by Scott Doniger Stewardship After Decades Away, River Otters Make a Triumphant Return to the Bay Area Scientists and volunteers track a remarkable return, and study how to keep it going ...

Where kelp forests used to grow, now legions of purple urchins can blanket the ocean bottom, creating urchin barrens. The barrens will persist until something—disease, predators, starvation, or ...