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Academy of Sciences secures grant to help endangered sea stars

May 10

Environmental groups sue to stop Trump's water diversions in CA

Mar 11

Toxic pollutant from car tires reaching San Francisco Bay: scientists

A scientific research group here in the Bay Area is generating new evidence about another type of pollution caused not just by cars, but by their tires. It's a chemical known as 6PPD-Q, which is so toxic to some species of fish that it's believed that a single drop in a swimming pool could be fatal.

Jun 6

Scientists use new high tech approach to better understand ocean life

Feb 25

SF researchers find ocean warming reaching deeper than expected

Feb 3

Date set for return of Bay Area's commercial Dungeness crab season

Dec 20, 2025

Mendocino fisherman reels in possible world record catch

Dec 19, 2025

Salmon return to Bay Area creek for 1st time in decades after project

Dec 8, 2025

Shark teeth offer clues to preventing extinction in Stanford study

Dec 1, 2025

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Toxic pollutant from car tires reaching San Francisco Bay: scientists

Jun 10

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Toxic pollutant from car tires reaching San Francisco Bay: scientists

Jun 6

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Academy of Sciences secures grant to help endangered sea stars

May 10

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Environmental groups sue to stop Trump's water diversions in CA

Mar 11

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Tracking fisherman to track fish: The new technological approach to better understand ocean life

Feb 25

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SF researchers find ocean warming reaching deeper than expected

Feb 3

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Dozens of crabbers weather the storm at Pacifica Pier

Dec 24, 2025

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Date set for return of Bay Area's commercial Dungeness crab season: Here's when

Dec 20, 2025

Latest Stories

Oceanic heat wave caused by climate change could endanger marine life, Bay Area scientists say

We may not notice it, but marine creatures off the Bay Area coast are already feeling the heat. Ocean temperatures in the north Pacific have been recording historic highs because of what's commonly known as a "blob," or marine heat wave.

Oct 31, 2025

Project opens 40-mile stretch of Bay Area waterway to endangered fish

Biologists say steelhead trout are listed as a threatened species in Northern California and haven't been spotted this far upstream since the 1960s. Now, they're hoping that populations will reach the creek to spawn and bolster populations.

Oct 23, 2025

Test results for new pop-up crab traps could boost approval chances for mass use along CA coast

Test results are in on a technology that could help keep a popular Bay Area seafood on the table. They're specially designed traps to fish for Dungeness crab, without endangering other marine creatures.

Aug 30, 2025

Lab-grown salmon introduced by Bay Area-based seafood company

A Bay Area company is about to introduce a revolutionary kind of seafood -- not caught in the open ocean, or even farmed in captivity, but instead, grown in their lab.

Aug 8, 2025

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New study of San Francisco Bay fish confirms concentrations of PFAS aka 'forever chemicals'

The study confirmed roughly 20 different variations of PFAS, which can come from plastics and other manufactured materials, in about 10 different species of fish gathered from throughout the Bay Area.

May 21, 2025