Take a hike, sit on a beach or hang out in your own backyard to experience sights, sounds and smells of life and activity in the outdoors.

The San Diego Zoo is hosting a free tree conservation workshop on Jan. 21, where participants will learn how to use their ...

From Sunset Cliffs to Oceanside, San Diego County is embarking on a sea change in efforts to protect the coast. The seawalls, jetties and rip-rap that have been deployed for generations to combat wind ...

Children at the San Elijo Lagoon. Photo by Mish Image Photography/Nature Collective Nature Collective, a local conservation and science education nonprofit organization, is hosting five free events in ...

Nature Collective is hosting three free nature events in June, including a Discovery Tour on June 7, a Volunteer Habitat Restoration Event on June 11 and a Wildlife Tour on June 14. Nature Collective ...

Spring is in the air, and the natural world is abuzz. Join the family-friendly spring festival celebrating nature’s renewal. Learn why flowers and pollinators need each other and discover ways you can ...

The garden is one of three that will be installed at elementary schools within the Escondido Union School District. The gardens feature native San Diego County plants that support bees, butterflies, ...

SAN DIEGO -- Isaac Santos, 22, remembers growing up with family barbecues at his aunt's house in Imperial Beach, south of San Diego, and swimming with his cousins. Sure, the ocean was dirty sometimes, ...

Marco Wendt was 16 when he got a summer job at San Diego Zoo Safari Park, then known as the Wild Animal Park. A first-generation Mexican American, the first of his family born in the U.S., Wendt says ...