Faith Kearns writes that new Governor Gavin Newsom should focus on adapting to the climate changes we are already seeing – as well as those scientists predict are coming – without giving up outgoing governor Jerry Brown’s mission to stem further changes by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Timely news, art, ideas and science from the natural world of Northern California.
A Valedictory Visit With Ellie Cohen as the CEO Leaves Point Blue
Ellie Cohen departs Point Blue Conservation Science after leading the organization through 20 years of rapid growth.
Editor’s Letter: On The Salmon Holding Steady in the Stream
Introducing Bay Nature Magazine’s Winter 2019 issue.
Our Favorite Bay Nature Stories of 2018
Looking back on 2018 and picking some of our favorite stories from the year in Bay Nature.
Our Favorite Bay Nature Photos of 2018
Favorite pictures published in Bay Nature in 2018, from the Bay Nature editors.
Spotting a Bay Area Mammal Lifer: the American Mink
It’s quite rare to see them in the Bay Area, but American minks range as far south as Sonoma and Contra Costa.
The Eyes of the Sea Star
We’re used to bodies having front and back, top and bottom, left and right. But as some common California tidepool creatures show, there’s a totally different way of living.
I Used Facial Recognition Technology on Birds
Birders know you can recognize individual birds. Can a computer scientist train a machine to do so?
For Beaver Believers, Salvation Lies in a Once-Reviled Rodent
A new book celebrates the great American history — and hopeful future — of beavers.
Sin Fronteras: The Consequences of Lines on a Map
There are two ways of seeing the lines on a map, writes Jose Gonzalez. They lead to a bigger point about what it means to live sin fronteras.