Farallon Islands wildlife research is in trouble. What it means for marine science A $300,000 cut in federal funding hits nonprofit Point Blue Conservation Science, which monitors “California ...

A gull rests on the sign at Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge as the lighthouse hill is seen in the background in Farallon Islands, Calif., on Friday, May 31, 2024.

Farallon Islands wildlife research is in trouble. What it means for marine science A $300,000 cut in federal funding hits nonprofit Point Blue Conservation Science, which monitors “California ...

Biologists who monitor wildlife year-round at San Francisco’s remote Farallon Islands will be leaving their posts for the first time in nearly six decades due to federal budget cuts. Despite its ...

A colony of Common Murres, the most populous bird on the island with approximately 350,000 individuals, according to Point Blue Conservation Science at Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge in ...

Lee's little raft is the only way for people to get onto Southeast Farallon Island in this 211-acre chain of craggy rocks that is part of the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge.

The Farallon Islands are now home to the largest U.S. colony of nesting seabirds outside Alaska. Five species of marine mammals breed or haul out here, ...

A gull rests on the sign at Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge as the lighthouse hill is seen in the background in Farallon Islands, Calif., on Friday, May 31, 2024.