Over the weekend, neighborhood blog RichmondSF received word from patrons and dog owners out enjoying Sutro Heights park that someone had spread rat poison around the grass in the park putting kids, pets and wildlife in danger. more ›

A great horn owl was spotted recently in the Glen Park Canyon (where?) by local park frequenter Steven Uchida. The retired U.S. Postal worker snapped these photographs of the owl perched on a eucalyptus tree on June 15th. Cool. According to the Glen Park Association, Ucgida can be found each week in the canyon "with his arms windmilling as he wrestles with Italian thistle and wild radish from canyon slopes." Even cooler. more ›

A dead black bear, apparently shot, was dumped outside a taqueria at a strip mall in San Leandro on Sunday, and this all happened during business hours. ABC 7 has the story, and there are a number of unknowns. Authorities are trying to figure out who dumped the bear, but the only lead they have so far is that it might have been a dude in a pickup truck. It is black bear hunting season, but they don't really think a licensed hunter would discard a 300-pound trophy like this. See the news video below. more ›

In a project between Sonoma State University, the Oakland Zoo, and the San Francisco Zoo, the Western Pond Turtle project released 19 Western Pond Turtles back into the wild this week at an undisclosed location. more ›

Sadly, the answer could be no. SFAppeal has a phenomenal video that highlights the declining bison population of San Francisco. Although only five of them remain in the city today, "the bison recently returned to a new, $1.2 million dollar improved paddock in Golden Gate Park." Which is good news, right? But with the city budget getting slashed to bits, their maintenance could prove hazardous to their survival. Be sure to check out this heart-warming and unique look at the city that many of you, and a few furry fellas, call home. more ›

Going head to head with the Wilderness Act and righteous green folk, Senator Dianne Feinstein reformulated a bill that would allow Drakes Bay Oyster Co., California's largest commercial shellfish farm, to continue farming inside the 1,100-acre land property at the Point Reyes National Seashore. According to the , the popular oyster company "has been battling the National Park Service to extend its business operation beyond a 2012 federal deadline." and "Feinstein's bill would prolong oysterman Kevin Lunny's [Drakes owner] lease for 10 years, even though an Interior Department attorney concluded that any extension of the operation would violate the federal Wilderness Act." more ›

27-year-old Danny Yep of San Francisco must spend two months in a federal prison and then four months in home confinement for selling the endangered Asian Arowana fish (AKA the Asian Boney tongue fish) after a U.S. Fish and Wildlife agent came across his ad on Aquabid. Yep apparently knew the freshwater fish was illegal to sell as well. The fish, it should be noted, is quite spectacular. more ›