Can Artificial Intelligence Identify Species from Sound Alone? A North Bay Group is Trying
It is now a given that the health of an ecosystem can be measured by the abundance and diversity of the native organisms able to survive and thrive there –...
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Bay Nature Spring 2022 Editor’s Letter: Do Right Today
As the poet Wendell Berry says, “if we do the right things today, we’ll have done all we really can for tomorrow.”
Meet the Tropical Weather Phenomenon With a Big Influence on California Rain and Snow
In a famous experiment in the early 1960s, the mathematician and meteorologist Edward Lorenz was running computer simulations of weather patterns, trying to see how they changed when he changed...
Annie the Falcon Came Back from Presumed Dead, but Life Hasn’t Returned to Normal for UC Berkeley’s Cal Falcons
A year of exceptional drama in the lives of Cal's peregrine falcons continues.
A Process of Survival
In the last century, the federal government has tried to build its way out of California’s water crisis. The parallel story of the Winnemem Wintu’s displacement is a reminder that...
Raccoons, Skunks, and Foxes Falling Sick in the Bay Area as a Respiratory Virus Spreads
A fox looks sick in the Presidio, and Animal Care and Control reports increased numbers of sick raccoons and skunks.
Wetlands Help Fight Climate Change, But the Kind of Wetland Matters
Wetlands breathe in carbon dioxide, but can breathe out methane.
How Laura Cunningham Became a Signature Artist for California’s Former Landscapes
What did natural California look like before the arrival of Europeans? Laura Cunningham paints it.
The Fastest Population Growth in the West’s Wildland-Urban Interface is in Areas Most Vulnerable to Wildfires
New research shows that some areas of the wildland-urban interface – the land where development ends and wilderness begins – are at much higher risk of burning than others.
We’re Celebrating: Digital Editor Eric Simons Wins Journalism Award
Bay Nature Digital Editor Eric Simons has won a 2021 Excellence in Journalism award for his story “Land Back" on the challenges of Indigenous land repatriation in the Bay Area.
