What happens in an always warm world when it doesn’t rain for an unusual amount of time?
It’s a Dry Heat
February 27, 2020 •
First Look
Timely news, art, ideas and science from the natural world of Northern California.
The Smallest Stars Have Gone Out
February 11, 2020 •
More than 20 species of sea star suffered in a disease outbreak that started in 2013. But in many places in the Bay Area, one small star hasn’t returned.
How Do Woodpeckers Avoid Brain Injury?
January 31, 2020 •
Woodpeckers have the unusual ability to use their beaks to hammer into the trunks of trees to make holes to extract insects and sap. Even more impressive they do this without hurting themselves.
Save the Redwoods Reaches Deal for 564-Acre Cascade Creek Forest Near Año Nuevo
January 30, 2020 •
Save the Redwoods League has agreed on a deal to acquire 564 acres of redwood forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains, creating a new connection from Big Basin to Año Nuevo State Parks and protecting the headwaters of Cascade Creek. … Read more
A New Alpha Coyote Takes Over in San Francisco’s Presidio
January 24, 2020 •
After a ferocious battle, the new coyote pair stuck around and the old one had gone.
Why California is Banning Chlorpyrifos, a Widely Used Pesticide: 5 Questions Answered
January 23, 2020 •
California, the top U.S. food-producing state, is ending use of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide associated with neurodevelopmental problems and impaired brain function in children.
With No Sign of Monarch Rebound, Butterfly Experts and Enthusiasts Meet and Plan
January 16, 2020 •
Most everyone wants to save the monarch butterflies. But it turns out that when you put a bunch of lepidopterists, land managers, gardeners, and butterfly enthusiasts in one room — in a blaze of monarch T-shirts, monarch scarves, monarch earrings, … Read more
Mount Diablo, a Story of Place
January 10, 2020 •
This is an excerpt from photographer and longtime Bay Nature contributor Stephen Joseph’s new book, Mount Diablo, A Story of Place and Inspiration. The book consists of hundreds of Joseph’s photographs, taken over three years on the mountain, and features essays by local conservation leaders.
Organizing for Resilience
January 6, 2020 •
Climate change is an urgent call for changing how we steward the land and connect people to it.
Bay Nature’s 20th Year of Publishing
January 6, 2020 •
Bay Nature embarks on its 20th year of publishing with this issue. That’s no small accomplishment for a nonprofit, independent regional magazine, and it’s thanks, of course, to readers, donors, and advertisers that the magazine exists. This publication is a … Read more