Features 2022
Restoring Condors to Yurok Ancestral Lands
California condors nearly disappeared from the world by the 1980s, and haven’t graced the skies of the Pacific northwest in over a century. Now, Elyse DeFranco reports on the Yurok tribe’s journey to bring the birds home.
Time-traveling through the San Francisco Bay tidal marshes
To ensure the future of the Bay, researchers are exploring its past and present ecosystems, Brittney J. Miller reports.
Fungus Fighters
After nearly going extinct, the mountain yellow-legged frog has emerged victorious in this tale of resurrection and recovery from the chytrid fungus.
The Twist of Life
An astrophysicist tests her innovative theory to explain why DNA always twists to the right, Zack Savitsky reports.
The Peril of Alma Bridge Road
Thousands of dead California Newts (Taricha torosa) are counted every year by citizen scientists along Alma Bridge road, making it one of the most dangerous recorded roads for amphibians in the world.
California runs hot and cold on striped bass
Some people claim that non-native striped bass—a favorite among sport fishers—are endangering California’s native salmon. Graycen Wheeler reports on new research that suggests there’s more to the story.
Turning the tides for western pond turtles
Humans caused the decline of the western pond turtle, the West Coast’s only native freshwater turtle. Now, the San Francisco Zoo is raising hatchlings to reintroduce into the wild, McKenzie Prillaman reports.
A treatment for mistrust
Doctors and researchers are working to reach and protect the underserved in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Megan Kalomiris reports.
When climate change enters the chat
Human-caused climate change is affecting how farmers grow food, from the time they begin planting to how much water they need.
Long Covid and the Stem Cell Sell
Stem cell clinics are advertising hope to long COVID-19 patients – whether their treatments have been proven safe and effective or not.