First-Ever Photos from the Seafloor a Mile Beneath Cordell Bank Marine Sanctuary
Remote operated vehicles beam back the first-ever images of the mud, rocks and incredible biodiversity of the deep sea off the Northern California coast.
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.
The Nature of Marin’s Famed Dipsea Trail
Mount Tamalpais State Park in Mill Valley. Trail: 14 mi, 4,107 ft elevation gain, out-and-back
How Extreme Heat Caught San Francisco By Surprise Over Labor Day Weekend
Forecasters thought it would be hot in San Francisco over Labor Day -- meaning, you know, in the high 80s. Instead it was 106. What happened?
Hunt for San Francisco Bay Shark Killer Zeroes in on a Suspect
A protozoan pathogen appears to have killed thousands of sharks, rays and fish in the San Francisco Bay this spring.
Meet the Scientist Who Has Discovered More Than 1,000 Species of Sea Slug
Terry Gosliner, a curator at the California Academy of Sciences, looks through nudibranchs to see the world.
Identify Anything, Anywhere, Instantly (Well, Almost) With the Newest iNaturalist Release
iNaturalist adds an option to use artificial intelligence to provide instant nature identifications.
Sharks Are Dying By the Hundreds in San Francisco Bay
Leopard sharks and bat rays are dying by the hundreds and washing ashore all around the Bay. A pathologist at the California Department Fish and Wildlife thinks he may know why.
At a Snail’s Place
The surprising, spiraling story of why sea snails live where they live.
The Story of the San Francisco Bay: It’s Wild Still
It's bursting with fish, birds, marine mammals -- and people. How did so many come to see the Bay as lifeless?
