SF News Local Native Plant, Once Thought Extinct, Now Bears Hundreds of Babies About a year ago we shared the news that a wild specimen of the plant known as Franciscan manzanita had been discovered on a center freeway divider in the Presidio near the Golden
SF News Go Snowy Plovers! According to a new study, the threatened species of small, white, dune-dwelling birds known as snowy plovers were especially lucky in surviving the major oil spill by the Cosco Busan in San Francisco
SF News Extinct Plant Found Growing Wild Near Golden Gate Bridge A specimen of the Franciscan manzanita plant -- also known as the San Francisco manzanita and thought to be extinct in the wild -- was discovered recently in the Presidio by botanist Daniel
SF News Rare Sea Turtle Washes Up on Stinson Beach A rare and endangered olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) washed up on Stinson Beach last week at the Seadrift gated community, far from its preferred habitat in warmer Pacific waters. Due to El
