In the night sky, the moon fades and yet, as we step through the stillness of the winter solstice, the sun’s brilliance begins to...

Thriving entities strive towards their goals. Plans change along the way in order to stay directed towards the goal. In biology the plan...

With the approaching full moon, this 20th of June, we will arrive at the stillness of the sun. Each summer solstice, the sun ceases its...

As the heat kicks on, its important to think about the life that cannot move away from it. Organisms with no respite from the midday sun...

The garden vista is a mass of deep green, studded with purple flowers that have only just begun to open their petals. A closer inspection...

Infinite shades of green spring from every corner as the sun’s lightbulb illuminates the lush morning landscape. Vibrant orange poppies...

On this leap year, the added February day has hastened the arrival of celestial events on our calendars. So instead of falling on the...

As we ease into Autumn, I bow thankfully to this past summer of abundant water in the mountain streams of California. Water chuckling...

It is wonderful to see the spectacular crop of acorns this year! When we realize these are edible nuts, we come to know the fact that we...

The massive herds of elk deer and antelope that once grazed California are long gone. Without them the forests have become choked with...

In the great Central Valley, a white carpet of almond petals coats the bare earth. In the foothills, the peach blossoms still cling to...

Hushed, as if by magic, snow drifts lazily down from a low cloud ceiling. The infinitely varied flakes riding the light breeze remind me...

Oh, the majestic and versatile oak trees! If we could hear their language, they might whisper this reminder: In spring we are the most...

February 13, 2023 If I drew a tic-tac-toe board with chalk on a large stone wall, I might get away with it the first day. But if I got...

One day many years ago, I was waiting in a line so long I was hoping others would give up so I could get ahead. Then I drew a deep breath...

My adventure began on 9th of October, 2007. Rain gently watered the earth throughout the night, tailing off to a humid mist at dawn. In...

Nearly two decades ago I began thinning out dense manzanita from beneath scrubby oaks to create a homestead. I kept many specimens of...

Water is more than just Life, it is Alive Water Shares so Many Properties of Life it Just Might be Alive The Myriad Anomalous Properties...

I had just dozed off in the passenger seat of the Park Service F-250 as it whined around the corners East of Crane Flat when the radio...

A year ago this week, a legal notice in the local papers caused me to look skyward in search of answers to the exponentially increasing...