This Photographer Has Visited 27 of the 63 US National Parks
A photographer who has visited 27 of the 63 national parks — plus an additional eight official units of the National Park System — has shared her magnificent photos. “I …
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3 Bay Area hikes about space, science in Sonoma, Stanford and Mt. Diablo
Very few of us will ever actually do a spacewalk, but the Bay Area is full of terrestrial hikes that will take you to noteworthy landmarks in the history of …
Amateur astronomers share the secrets to star spotting
On a cold overcast night at the edge of the California Delta, members of the Mount Diablo Astronomical Society tilted their faces toward the darkening sky, willing the growing cloud …
20 myths about ageing, debunked by experts
One thing is for certain we are all getting older day by day but this fact doesn’t have to limit us in what we can do and achieve and how …
The Geminids could send hundreds of meteors streaking across the sky this week
By Taylor Nicioli | CNN Sky-gazers will soon have the chance to see dozens of meteors streaking across the sky as the yearly Geminid meteor shower reaches its crescendo. The …
Winston Vickers’ research aims to give California mountain lions a fighting chance
Winston Vickers might have one of the most suspenseful screen feeds in the state: His team has installed dozens of strategically placed cameras in the Orange County backcountry to track …
Photos: Stunning Bay Area wildlife
The Bay Area is teeming with wildlife, not just in the rugged wilderness of Mount Diablo and Big Basin, but in the parks and open spaces that dot our urban …
An animal lover’s guide to hanging at Happy Hollow Park & Zoo
Even at 16 acres, San Jose’s Happy Hollow Park & Zoo could be considered a hidden gem, tucked as it is behind a gateway along Story Road. First conceived in …
Big Junior and other wonders at 5 Bay Area birding sites
When famed Central Park birder Christian Cooper wrote that watching birds in the wild opens a window “into the wondrous,” he could have been describing Big Junior and her amazing …
Ski Resorts Are Giving Up on Snow
It’s late August, and Italy is in the middle of its third record-setting heat wave of the summer, but at the bottom of the slopes in Fai della Paganella, a …