In California, early fall is perhaps the best time of the year to get out and explore. Here are some of our bestselling guides and perennial favorites for exploring the state’s wilderness and wildlife.
Read More >While current COVID-19 stay-at-home orders encourage remaining at home as much as possible, several UC Press books allow you to explore California nature. Ranging from natural histories to plant guides, our titles …
Read More >Since 2016, the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) has been asking the seemingly simple question on social media during Women’s History Month: Can you name 5 women artists? Most people …
Read More >Fire in California’s Ecosystems, Second Edition, Revised, edited by Jan W. van Wagtendonk, Neil G. Sugihara, Scott L. Stephens, Andrea E. Thode, Kevin E. Shaffer, and Jo Ann Fites-Kaufman, describes fire in detail—both as an integral natural process in …
Read More >As we move into July, summer begins in full swing, and many of us are either heading out to our country’s many national parks or—if you’re in the Bay Area like us—trekking …
Read More >Excerpted from The Mountains That Remade America: How Sierra Nevada Geology Impacts Modern Life by Craig H. Jones In June of 1864, with the Civil War raging and re-election uncertain, President Abraham Lincoln signed a …
Read More >by Gary Griggs, author of Coasts in Crisis: A Global Challenge An Earth-changing development took place in New York City in 1907 when plastic was first synthesized. It had all the right stuff …
Read More >by Jeff Opperman and Peter Moyle, co-authors of Floodplains: Processes and Management for Ecosystem Services Last week, we saw tragic images of floods across the world, from Houston to Niger to south Asia, …
Read More >Part of the Getty Foundation’s Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative, the California Mexicana: Missions to Murals, 1820–1930 exhibition opens on October 15th at the Laguna Art Museum. Artistic and cultural exchange between California and …
Read More >On this day in 1864 President Lincoln signed a law leading to the protection of what we know today as Yosemite National Park. Dive deeper into the history of this iconic landscape …
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