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A welcome winter thaw before Christmas called me into the woods. My dog and I followed our usual hiking path, up and down hills in the remnant Big Woods adjacent to where I live. The top layer of ...

A scientist has discovered a hopping treasure trove -- 16 new species of grasshoppers living in the thorny scrubs of U.S. and Mexican deserts.

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In this forest thick with trees up to 600 years old lives the southernmost population of the California condor (Gymnogyps ...

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Learn more about the natural history of urban wildlife species you may have come across during your time in Berkeley.

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