Wildlife

Two women carrying bug nets in a grassy field inspect specimen vials
Tamalpais Bee Lab - Community Science Event
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Become a community scientist and help study our local bees!

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Two women carrying bug nets in a grassy field inspect specimen vials
Tamalpais Bee Lab - Community Science Event
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Become a community scientist and help study our local bees!

Register
Two women carrying bug nets in a grassy field inspect specimen vials
Tamalpais Bee Lab - Community Science Event
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Become a community scientist and help study our local bees!

Register
Two women carrying bug nets in a grassy field inspect specimen vials
Tamalpais Bee Lab - Community Science Event
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Become a community scientist and help study our local bees!

Register
Coyote in the Marin Headlands
Curious About Coyotes? Free Community Gathering
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Join the Presidio Trust’s wildlife ecologists for a community meeting to learn about coyotes in the Presidio.

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Coyote with its mouth open in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Monthly Coyote Tabling with Presidio Wildlife Ecologists

Stop by Mountain Lake to meet Presidio Wildlife Ecologists to learn how to coexist with coyotes.

A river otter pops up from the water as its swimming in Rodeo Lagoon
Where to find river otters in the Marin Headlands

The elusive North American river otter is an adorable and fierce native otter species that resides in the coastal wetlands of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Tennessee Valley trail
Owls of the Tennessee Valley
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Join us on an easy four-mile, three hour dusk hike through the Tennessee Valley where we will search for and learn more about the owls that reside in and visit the Tennessee Valley.

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A sea lion at The Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands.
Rescue on Alcatraz Island

OK, so a sea lion "walks" onto Alcatraz Island. It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it’s actually the start of a wonderful story of partnership and conservation. 

Portrait of birder Daniela Sánchez with binoculars on a birding trip.
How to find birds 'slowly' in national parks

Many people flock to birding because they love birds' beautiful plumage, their intricate songs, or their entertaining antics. For Daniela Sánchez, it was serendipity.

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