It’s bursting with fish, birds, marine mammals — and people. How did so many come to see the Bay as lifeless?
Eric Simons
How To Go Tidepooling, a Guide for the Amateur
How to go tidepooling and find things.
Sonoma Parks Asks Voters to Approve Sales Tax
Measure J would provide nearly $10 million over the next decade.
Q&A: Conservation Photographer Ian Shive on His New Film About the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
A celebrated conservation photographer and filmmaker talks about how he views the San Francisco Bay’s national wildlife refuge.
This Animal Has Never Been Seen Away From Lake Merritt — But It’s Not From Oakland
A small land crustacean has lived on the beach at Adams Point for a century. It’s never been seen elsewhere in the world. It’s definitely not an Oakland native. Now what?
Malcolm Margolin’s Beautiful Life
One of the Bay Area’s master storytellers retires.
An Emissary of the Bay’s Forgotten Beaches
Hardly anyone knew about the plant called sea-blite when it lived on the shores of the San Francisco Bay. No one noticed when it disappeared. Now, thirty years after it went locally extinct, a freelance coastal ecologist sets out on an unlikely mission to bring it back.
A Sea Snail’s Ability to Flee From Predators Is Impaired By More Acidic Water, New Paper Suggests
Sea snails flee from predators. A new research paper suggests that ocean acidification impairs that ability.
Campsites Opening on Private Lands in the Bay Area
Hipcamp, a company founded in 2013 to improve the reservation process for public parks nationwide, is now facilitating camping on private land.
The Purple Storm Snail, an Unusual Visitor to Northern California
When the wind and current are right, you might find this rare visitor to Northern California.