Gilare Zada

Gilare Zada

Gilare Zada is a Kurdish-American from San Diego, CA. Storytelling, fitness, and binge reading are some of her passions outside of news reporting. Her work has appeared in Mission Local, the Peninsula Press, the San Francisco Press Club, and more. She also writes as a class correspondent for the Stanford Magazine - go Card!

By Gilare Zada

This Fish Walks on Land and Leaps for Love

A Lifeline for California’s Small Farms Just Expired. What Comes Next?

Release The Brood! Roly Poly Birthing Is Intense

May the 4th Be With You, San Francisco Declares With Star Wars Day

Oakland's Airport Name Dispute Finally Lands After 2 Years of Legal Turbulence

Spotted Lanternflies are The Ultimate Party Crashers

Close-up of a glowing firefly perched on a plant, with text reading “How does this work?” and an arrow pointing to its bioluminescent tail.

Why Do Animals Glow? The Science of Bioluminescence

Niba looking at eggs under cinder blocks.

Why Mammals Gave Up on Laying Eggs

A close up of a bug's eyes.

What an Insect View Really Looks Like

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