A Karuk food writer’s step-by-step guide to making use of our fall bounty of acorns.
How to Make Acorn Bread from Scratch (and Decolonize Your Diet a Bit)
October 12, 2023 •
First Look
Timely news, art, ideas and science from the natural world of Northern California.
Fall 2023 Almanac: Condors, Cones, and Raccoons
October 10, 2023 •
When you’re the biggest bird in North America, it takes a little while to grow up. Illustrations by Jane Kim.
Now We Are Asking Nature to Solve the Problems We Created
October 5, 2023 •
What’s a nature-based solution? An explainer.
How Dirt Biking Shaped the Bay Area—and the West
September 28, 2023 •
Sixty years ago, Bay Area bikers discovered the Panoche Hills, southeast of San José. Public lands management changed forever.
Unburying the Creek Beneath It, A School Becomes a Steward
September 21, 2023 •
A Sausalito school gets $3 million to repair a riparian corridor, and help students reconnect with nature.
iNaturalist Strikes Out on Its Own
September 12, 2023 •
With the help of a $10 million startup grant iNaturalist has separated from the California Academy of Sciences and National Geographic Society and become its own independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
How Do I Get My Hands on These ‘Wild Billions,’ Anyway?
September 7, 2023 •
Bay Nature’s guide and database for finding nature-related federal funds in BIL and IRA.
Plants Are Culture, Too
August 30, 2023 •
¡Plantásticas! Our Lives with Plants, a temporary exhibition at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, explores the myriad relationships between people and plants, with a special focus on Latinx and Indigenous perspectives.
Why Thousands of Octopuses Are Snuggled Up Against a Deep-Sea Heater
August 23, 2023 •
Off the California coast, these creatures are getting an evolutionary edge.
Scientists Try a ‘Field of Dreams’ Approach to Restoring California’s Bull Kelp Forests
August 17, 2023 •
Can scientists defeat vast armies of sea urchins and re-kelp California’s North Coast? A Wild Billions story.