A colony of hundreds of small animals, whose symbiotic bacteria pumps out human medicine.
Author Archives: Eric Simons
Eric Simons is a former digital editor at Bay Nature. He is author of The Secret Lives of Sports Fans and Darwin Slept Here, and is coauthor, with Tessa Hill, of At Every Depth: Our Growing Knowledge of the Changing Oceans.
Summer Issue 2016
Malcolm Margolin’s Beautiful Life
One of the Bay Area’s master storytellers retires.
Fall Issue 2024
Fall 2024 Editors’ Letter: A Deep Dive
One way we work toward a more sustainable relationship with the ocean is to establish a culture that feels connected to the ocean, and a culture that has the opportunity to look closely, to explore, and to understand.
Wildlife
This Is a Story About A Super-Cute Long-tailed Weasel Spotted in San Francisco’s Presidio for the First Time in a Century…
Erica Spotswood, the science director of the San Francisco Estuary Institute’s Urban Nature Lab, got her dissertation studying seed dispersal on the French Polynesian islands of Tahiti and Moorea. A kind of low-growing fruit tree named Miconia calvescens had arrived … Read more
Spring Issue 2022
Meet Nonette Hanko, Bay Nature’s 2022 Conservation Action Hero
Nonette Hanko helped create the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, then served on its board for 46 years.
Wildlife
Raccoons, Skunks, and Foxes Falling Sick in the Bay Area as a Respiratory Virus Spreads
A fox looks sick in the Presidio, and Animal Care and Control reports increased numbers of sick raccoons and skunks.
Weather
Why October Rain Matters
Major October rain is in the forecast for the first time in five years. As they say in sports, sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.
History
The Celebrated Joaquín Murieta
It’s a true crime story set in the early days of California statehood, with themes of racism, colonialism, and the legitimacy of state violence. Do more people need to know about The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta?
The Bay
Scientists Resurface a One-of-a-Kind, 50-Year-Old Record of San Francisco Bay Life
There used to be a pattern to species distribution in the Bay. Is there still?
Farming and Ranching
When It’s Too Hot for Food to Grow
Central Valley temperatures are expected to stick near 110 for the next three days, making life difficult for important crops.
