The signs of changing seasons throughout Santa Cruz County are subtle. We do not have blazing autumn forests or sudden blizzards to mark time. Instead, the Monterey Bay tells its own story through ...

Every summer, millions of sooty shearwaters arrive off the coast of California, their huge flocks astonishing visitors who may have trouble grasping that the dark swirling clouds over the water ...

The sooty shearwater is one of the world's most common seabirds — but it may not be so common after all... A new study suggests the species is also a champion long-distance flyer. Scientists believe ...

A few years ago I joined a group of birders on a pelagic trip. (Pelagic relates to the open ocean.) We drove to the south shore of Long Island where we boarded a small ship. On it we headed out into ...

It’s time to look for newly hatched western fence lizards, commonly called “blue bellies.” The subspecies we have in Marin is the coast range fence lizard. Their range ends in southern Sonoma County, ...

A sooty shearwater, a rare oceanic bird known for its transoceanic migrations, was rescued near Porbandar by the Gujarat forest department but died during treatment on July 1. The Porbandar division ...