In Search of the East Bay Mystery Snake
The Alameda whipsnake is a true local. Yet it remains a stranger to us—which makes protecting it trickier.
Category: Biodiversity
Fall 2025 Almanac: Blond Tarantulas and Beavers
Life during fall brings with it a little bit of whimsy, the cerulean sky, and a shimmer of promise.
Finding Bugula
A colony of hundreds of small animals, whose symbiotic bacteria pumps out human medicine.
How Spiders Fly
Darwin saw them ballooning. Without any wind. Eventually some scientists figured out their electric secret.
Struggling Monarchs Sure Picked Some Inconvenient Habitat
All 16 Bay Area “critical habitat” groves in a proposed federal threatened listing include eucalyptus. How do we protect a native that now depends on a non-native to survive?
Before the Clawbacks, This ‘Freaking Game-Changer’ for Nature Made It Rain
Trump has pulled back big parts of Biden’s signature climate laws. But BIL and IRA have already awarded at least $1.4 billion to Bay Area nature.
Map: Where Oodles of Federal Dollars for Nature Have Gone
BIL and IRA spending on nature in the greater San Francisco Bay Area has topped $1 billion, according to Bay Nature's most recent tally for our Wild Billions project.
After 28 Years, Alameda Creek Opens Up To Fish
The last fish barrier is falling on mainstem Alameda Creek. It took almost three decades—and changed the watershed and the people who steward it.
Why Some Flowers Bloom In the Dead of Summer
Most local annuals and perennials grow and breed in spring and early summer when times are good and water is abundant. Not these weirdos.
Summer 2025 Almanac: Oatgrass and Opossums
Humans aren’t the only ones who like to travel.
