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The Diversity Dance in the Diablo Range Of the many marvelous plants and animals you can see during a hike in the Diablo Range, insects may be the most understated…

One of our former interns, Floyd McCluhan, recently teamed up with a UC Berkeley professor to write on the effects and consequences of climate change on Mount Diablo State Park. …

California has the highest lichen diversity in North America, including in chaparral environments like those found on Mount Diablo. However, like many other organisms, lichens are threatened by habitat loss,…

Photo: The Peregrine Team on a training hike in Pine Canyon Peregrine falcons now nest in the cliffs of Pine Canyon, a direct result of ongoing conservation efforts since 1970,…

As human population grows, wildlife can experience new challenges; however, sometimes our presence can work to a species’ benefit. Chelsea Ortiz-Jimenez, a PhD student at UC Davis, studied risk perception…

A current study by San Francisco State University master’s degree candidate Carly Miranda aims to research the genome of native thistles in the genus Cirsium, many varieties of which are…

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…

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…

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.…