Resembling penguins with their tuxedo-like plumage and upright position when on land, common murres have called the ...

The boat rose and fell relentlessly, one ocean swell after another. I leaned over its stern, fixing my eyes on the decoy floating a few yards away. I had watched it for hours, barely glancing at the ...

For years, I had dreamt of visiting the Farallon Islands, a series of sharp rocky spires only 25 miles off the San Francisco coast. Mysterious and fascinating, they are often hidden by a dense curtain ...

2005-02-17 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- A measure by two leading House lawmakers to open the Farallon Islands to limited public visits is raising concerns among marine biologists who fear that a greater ...

The link to register for our event is: https://bit.ly/FarallonRestoration • Gerry McChesney, Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge Manager; • Winston Vickers ...

The Farallon Islands, one of the most important ecological sites in the world, hosting the largest seabird breeding colony in the contiguous U.S., are in a state of crisis, and the window is closing ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco resident Kim Chambers became the first woman to successfully swim from the Farallon Islands to the Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday. She started swimming at 11:16 p.m.

A marine mammal that disappeared from California's North Coast more than 170 years ago has returned in force to the Farallon Islands. The Farallones once supported hundreds of thousands of breeding ...

Reporting from San FranciscoReporting from San Francisco — For most humans, life on the jagged Farallon Islands off the coast of San Francisco would be a nightmare: Waves lash the shore with ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday withdrew its request that the California Coastal Commission sanction its controversial plan to poison tens of thousands of invasive house mice on the ...

Reporting from San Francisco — For most humans, life on the jagged Farallon Islands off the coast of San Francisco would be a nightmare: Waves lash the shore with treacherous force, the stench of ...