Jan 14, 2025 · Explore the natural world of Northern California with Bay Nature's in-depth articles, photography, illustration and events.

Oct 8, 2024 · A journalist takes a rare trip to the Farallones, to see how the more than half a million seabirds that breed there each year are doing.

Dec 31, 2024 · A pond, nestled into the rolling hills of Briones Regional Park (Brody Q. Scotland) Conservation A Tale of Two Ponds In the East Bay, livestock ponds are surprisingly important amphibian habitat.

Nov 19, 2024 · Years ago, a scientist proposed introducing coyotes to control the island’s deer population. Now, it seems coyotes have since swam over on their own.

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Sep 3, 2024 · This article has been conserved for you by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at San Francisco State University. Learn more about our Online Article Conservation Program here. Below looming high-rises, the new five-acre China Basin Park provides urban green space and views of San Francisco Bay in the rapidly developing Mission Bay neighborhood. A new snippet of Bay Trail wraps around the ...

Dec 31, 2024 · Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap! This winter, we tap a sapsucker expert to explain how these specialized well-drillers are speciating in our midst. We drive up to Lake Tahoe to paddle through algae and invasive weeds that seem to be in cahoots. We peer into livestock ponds, and head to three new Bay Area parks. We consider a community of cats. We learn how to read the wind by the waves, like sailors, and ...

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Dec 18, 2024 · Here, I present results from our highly unscientific poll of our ten staff members on the Bay Nature stories, talks, hikes, and fun facts from 2024 that most delighted us, changed our views of the world, or just stuck with us. Feel free to send yours: [email protected]. — Kate Golden, digital editor

Dec 23, 2024 · By 2024’s raw numbers alone, we could probably justify making Bay Nature a wholly coyote-themed publication. We are, however, grateful to have niches of super-readers in just about every taxon—your snake people, your bird people, your protist enthusiasts. Here are the stories from this year (and a few from the archives) that you read most, or lingered on the longest. — Kate Golden ...