This special Explore issue of the magazine is a trove of ideas and information for getting out and recharging your biophilia.
Exploration
It Gets Me Out
The Man Who Records the Nature Sounds We Meditate To
A soundscape recordist is an escape artist.
Exploration
Bay Nature’s 2025 Summer Guide!
For this summer, we’ve pulled together a few of our favorites—reads, guides, coastal trails and summer volunteering opportunities.
Spring Issue 2025
How Molok Luyuk Got Its National Monument Designation (and Not Windmills)
At first it was labeled a wind energy resource area. Then all the wind companies walked away.
Spring Issue 2025
mur taraaxtak—Ohlone Skies
‘elle-mak kamiš kiiy hossi makkin hinšuuš ‘oššekma riinihmu – Let us tell you how we Ohlones view the stars above us.
Spring Issue 2025
Behold the Flamboyant Mating Rituals of Grebes
Western and Clark’s grebes strike rakish figures on Bay Area waters. But for all the attention they command, the secrets of their lives are well-guarded.
Biodiversity
Even Ground Squirrels Got In On the Vole Feast Last Summer
For the first time, scientists documented concerted carnivory by California ground squirrels. But why were there so many voles?
Winter Issue 2025
A 200-Year-Old Scale That Will Help You Read the Wind
On land, we can usually afford to ignore the wind. Not so in a small sailboat, where the wind is your boss.
Winter Issue 2025
Naturalist’s Notebook: The Nuances of Yellow-Rumped Warblers
Yellow-rumped warblers are around in winter. But which variant are you seeing?
