This year’s Snapshot Cal Coast featured 4,083 people logging 46,683 observations of almost 4,000 species into the iNaturalist app from June 13 to July 4.
How Your Beach Photos Are Helping CA Scientists: Snapshot Cal Coast 2022
August 11, 2022 •
Exploration
Camping and Backpacking | Climbing | Gardening | Kids and Nature | Paddling | Point Reyes Walkabout | Trails
Soon-to-Open Tunnel Tops Park Supports a More Inclusive Future
July 14, 2022 •
This weekend, on Sunday, July 17, the new 14-acre Tunnel Tops park opens to the public in San Francisco’s Presidio, a former military base turned urban national park that hosts around 10 million visitors a year
The Story of the Butterflies
July 4, 2022 •
At almost every stage of life, the butterflies are threatened by climate change, habitat degradation, and increased use of neonicotinoid pesticides. At the same time, monarchs flourished in habitats that people made particularly habitable.
A New, Small Park With a Very Big History
June 30, 2022 •
Brickyard Cove in Berkeley is the crown jewel of McLaughlin Eastshore State Park and accessible to everyone
A Trail through California History
June 30, 2022 •
Olompali State Historic Park preserves the combined histories of the Coast Miwok, early ranchers, a hippie commune, and, briefly, local music legends.
Life Beneath the Bay Surface
June 27, 2022 •
San Francisco Bay ropes, docks and pilings provide a home for abundant, colorful marine life.
Bay Nature Summer 2022 Editor’s Letter: Summer Reading
June 22, 2022 •
An introduction to Bay Nature magazine’s summer 2022 print issue.
Home Away From Home: Meeting the Red-Whiskered Bulbul in San Francisco
June 15, 2022 •
What place does a bird away from home hold in San Francisco?
How Many Birds Can Be Found in the Bay Area in One Day?
June 15, 2022 •
Behind the scenes of a frenetic, 13-hour birding challenge.
They Live in Your Garden, Have Flexible Head Arrangements, and May or May Not Cause Problems. Meet the Land Planarians, About Which We Know Very Little.
May 24, 2022 •
“The time is ripe for biologists to unravel the diversity, ecology, and natural history of land flatworms,” one scientist writes