A new Academy exhibit showcases iconic giants of the region while celebrating the details that make California unique.
Kids and Nature
Summer Issue 2018
Flower Piano: Music in Harmony with Nature
What began as an impromptu piano-playing performance on the coast of Half Moon Bay has blossomed into an annual, interactive celebration of music in nature.
Fall Issue 2017
A Nature-Inspired Place Opens for Kids to Play in San José
Bill’s Backyard: Bridge to Nature is designed to be a hybrid between a playground and a nature park.
The Ocean
At a Snail’s Place
The surprising, spiraling story of why sea snails live where they live.
Winter Issue 2017
Nature Offers Health Benefits, and Brain Research Helps Explain Why
Outdoors-lovers have long known that nature makes us feel good. Now scientists peering into the brain are starting to explain why.
Kids and Nature
Skip the Elephants and Tigers, These Children’s Books Feature Local Wildlife
With the holidays underway and the kids out of school, now’s a good time to curl up with some reads. Why not make them about California?
Spring Issue 2016
Mud Lovers
Get Dirty is the first rule at Crab Cove. Second is discover crabs and curlews in the Bay’s oozy silt. Third, bring a change of shoes.
Kids and Nature, Stewardship, Urban Nature
Finding Your Park with GGNRA’s Christine Lehnertz
GGNRA Superintendent Christine Lehnertz looks at the challenges and opportunities unique to the national park in San Francisco’s backyard.
History, Kids and Nature, Stewardship, Urban Nature
15 Years of Bay Nature: A Talk by Publisher David Loeb
Publisher David Loeb traces the roots of his attachment to nearby nature — and why he started a magazine about it.
