.Science & Ecology

East Bay animal shelters are in for quite the rewiring if county dog fixing standards catch up to the new vet-recommended age guidelines for neutering. But it may also relieve some of the pressure on owners struggling...

On the afternoon of Oct, 19, 1991, Beth Keer hiked up Sonoma Mountain with a friend. After some time, the pair looked back and spotted a plume of smoke in Oakland’s direction. Frantic, they rushed down the...

The East Bay Regional Park District may have found the wildfire-fighter equivalent of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “The Terminator.” The most recent California drought is over. But it, and the bigger issue of ongoing climate change, left behind over 1,500...

The East Bay has two endemic newt species, which spend the winter searching for a mating pool, and are protected by Tilden Regional Park from traffic during the breeding season.

What humans perceive as one place—one city—can be a jigsaw puzzle of extremely different ecosystems, each with its own risks and opportunities for wildlife. In the East Bay, animal neighbors are as numerous and varied as human...

Legacy gardens tell vast stories. Features of the landscape describe in hills, valleys, soil, rocks, boulders, wetlands, streams and ponds a location’s geographic history. The trees, plants, grasses, flowers, vegetables, fruits, insects and other biological forms of...

University of California’s Greater Good Science Center believes that there are easy ways to be happier and that science proves it. From longer lifespans, to more peaceful communities, the interrelated roles of happiness, purpose and awe have...