Lia Keener joined Bay Nature in 2022 as editorial assistant and later became its first outreach fellow. As events coordinator since 2024, she has facilitated more than 80 events per calendar year. Lia grew up in Central Oregon, then attended UC Berkeley, where she majored in environmental biology and minored in Chinese language and journalism. In her spare time, Lia enjoys painting animals, going for long walks, tidepooling, looking for insects, and eating snacks.
Basking sharks can be over 30 feet long and are characterized by their enormous gill rakers and three-foot tall dorsal fins. But these mysterious, massive, filter-feeding cousins of the great...
A year of exceptional drama in the lives of Cal's peregrine falcons continues.
Record-breaking rainfall drenched much of the Bay Area in late October and again around Christmas, leading to flooding, power outages, snarled traffic — and a great season for a fish...
Peregrine falcons are relatable, personable and cute, yet their lives are surprising and sometimes tragic.
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