The world’s rarest creature died in 2012. His name was Lonesome George, and he was the last Pinta Island tortoise, a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise. By most estimates, he was 100 years old when he ...

San Francisco’s skyline is on the verge of a transformation, but how much it actually changes remains to be seen. More than a dozen ambitious high-rise proposals, turbocharged by new state ...

In a miserably wet week when everyone seems to be looking skyward, San Francisco’s night sky has become quite the celestial billboard, minus any mysterious objects that need shooting down.

development in downtown San Francisco will continue to expand, to the dismay of many. “We’re experiencing, maybe for the first time, a real urban revival,” says Evans. “The skyline is ...