Thermal cameras just installed in the San Francisco Bay this May have been picking up whale spouts nearly every day.

Sage Ono is a photographer and writer based in Monterey Bay, CA, focused on documenting aquatic ecosystems and the people who depend on them, as they both are increasingly impacte ...

An overhead view of the Sargent Ranch property, also called Juristac by the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band. (Teddy Miller, courtesy of POST) In January, Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) purchased a ...

Sage Ono peeks into a small pool on Swamp Creek, in search of rare McCloud River redband trout. Sage Ono It’s hard to imagine a more scenic place to be devoured by mosquitoes than wildflower-speckled ...

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. There’s an ambitious plan to restore these ...

On a cold spring night at Mori Point in Pacifica, the pounding rain has finally stopped. Clouds pull away, revealing a half moon and a glimpse into houses on the nearby hills. It casts a reflection ...

This story was originally published in the Point Reyes Light, a weekly newspaper serving western Marin County since 1948. The 150 miles of trails at the Point Reyes National Seashore nearly all began ...

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 ...

The USFWS proposed monarch butterflies for a federal listing in 2024. The butterflies weather the winter months at Bay Area refuges like Natural Bridges State Beach, pictured. Brian Baer / California ...

A crow funeral can happen at any time. Farmers bear witness after shooting unwanted crows in their fields. Powerline workers see them should an unlucky bird zap itself and drop. Occasionally, the ...

Muir immersed himself in nature, he said, to “get as near the heart of the world as I can.” Now we can do the same, on lands he traversed. (Stephanie Penn) (Stephanie Penn) From his home in Martinez, ...