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Skiers cruising down Tahoe’s white slopes this winter had a unique chance to learn about the surrounding ecosystem. UC Davis scientists clicked on their skis and led public tours down the mountain. KQED reporter Anna Guth joined one of these excursions and brings us this.

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Ecologist Katharyn Boyer must shutter the beloved marine research center she manages on the San Francisco Bay’s shores — unless she can raise millions of dollars by next week.

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Light rains could arrive today, kicking off a series of expected Bay Area storms over the next two weeks.

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Some grasshopper species have thrived with warmer springs as the climate changes, growing bigger on average just since 1960.

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta is leaning on hospitals to continue offering gender-affirming care for youth, calling Trump’s recent executive order that threatens to stop funding treatments wrong. 

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Renewable energy met California’s daytime power needs on a record number of days last year.

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Coyotes in San Francisco feast on human food, especially in Telegraph Hill, Bernal Heights and other neighborhoods with lots of concrete.