Environmental News

A curated set of environmental news stories brought to you by the Gottlieb Native Garden team.

Moving Beyond Flowers: Natural Nesting Habitat for Bees and other Insects

Flowers, alone, aren’t enough to meet the basic needs of pollinators. In order to help insects to build and sustain successful populations in our residential and developed landscapes.

Great American Outdoors Act Will Benefit Birds, People, and Parks across California

With approval from Congress, the Great American Outdoors Act goes to the president to sign.

A New Album Turns The Sound Of Endangered Birds Into Electronic Music

An international collective of electronic music DJs and composers is taking beats from the dance club to jungles and forests and back, all to help save nature’s greatest singers. 

Gardening with Native Plants: Learn From our Mistakes — and our Successes!

Gardeners can contribute significantly to pollinator conservation efforts by growing native plants in their yards and communities. Join Xerces biologists as they share some of their gardening pitfalls and the lessons they’ve learned from them.

Discovery of a Rare Plant Through Remnant Prairie Restoration

In the absence of management, trees and shrubs have invaded the remnant prairies, causing each to suffer and become less diverse. 

The Right to Go Outside: An Interview with Cris Sarabia

Sarabia wants to change the experience of his urban neighbors, starting with whatever patch of land is in front of him.

Collaborative Partnership Results in First Ever Release of 115 Zoo-Reared Foothill Yellow-Legged Frogs into National Forest in California

Recently, 115 Foothill yellow-legged frogs, hailing from the Oakland Zoo, called the Plumas National Forest their new home. Little did these frogs know they were the part of a historical conservation moment – the first ever population of captive-reared Foothill yellow-legged frogs released into the wild.

The Living Landscape: Egads! Crawdads

Crawdads, crayfish, craydids: whatever you choose to call those crustaceans that bear a resemblance to mini-lobsters, they are probably not native to our creeks and waters. 

Wildlife photography: Check out these incredible bird photos!

These fantastic shots are the top photos from this year’s Audubon Photography Awards. There were more than 6000 entries from budding bird photographers across America and Canada.

The tree at the bottom of the world—and the wind-blasted trek to find it

Where on this warming planet, you ask, is the southernmost tree? Look no further: National Geographic sent a team to hunt it down.