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Camera traps have recorded a variety of wildlife in Mount Diablo’s foothills, including common animals such as bobcats, deer, coyotes, and owls, as well as rare or threatened species such…

Image by Heath Bartosh Grant funding from Save Mount Diablo’s Mary Bowerman Science and Research program has helped scientists at Nomad Ecology model habitat to determine possible new planting sites…

Story by Haley Sutton This year’s Mary Bowerman Science and Research Colloquium, like many other events this year, took on a virtual setting. We had a fantastic lineup of presentations…

On the morning of August 16th, 2020, Margaret Kruse jumped out of bed to the sound of thunder and lightning. The sky was gold. Atop the ridge beside her ranch,…

For years, the elusive American badger has been a near mythical creature in the Mount Diablo area. But in September 2021, a wildlife camera caught one roaming around at Save…

Thirteen years ago, the U.S. Senate’s unanimous approval and designation of a week in June as “National Pollinator Week” marked a necessary step toward addressing the urgent issue of declining…

Amanda Robin, a PhD student in ecology and evolutionary biology at UCLA, received a 2019 Mary Bowerman Science and Research Program grant to study squirrels, their burrows, and their behavior…

On December 12, people packed the Tamalpais Room at the David Brower Center in Berkeley to hear researchers present their fascinating results about the natural history of the Diablo Range.…

After the Morgan Fire in September of 2013, UC Berkeley Entomology Professor Kip Will and his team of students began investigating how certain insects were affected. They started monthly sampling…

American kestrel (Falco sparverius) populations have steadily and drastically declined across North America. Coastal California kestrels have declined by 69 percent since 1968 according to The Peregrine Fund’s American Kestrel Partnership.…