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.
Kids and Nature
Here Comes the 2023 City Nature Challenge, A Global Competition You Can Join This Weekend
What’s your plan for this year’s City Nature Challenge, April 28-May 1? Here's what it's all about, plus a map of Bay Area bioblitzes you can join.
New Tunnel Tops Park with Views of San Francisco Bay
The Presidio in San Francisco. Trail: 4.2 mi, 351 ft elevation gain, loop
School Districts Attempt to Revive Outdoor Education Programs Slashed During the Pandemic
This story was first published by EdSource, an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to providing analysis on key education issues facing the state and nation. Read the original story here. Many...
The World’s Most Powerful Classroom. No Tech Support Required.
The focus on nature right now might seem counterintuitive. On the contrary, being outside is recognized as an essential activity.
The Adventure Crew Helps Make Regional Parks Accessible
On a crisp, bright Saturday morning in December, Andrew Fonseca, age 12, has joined a group of middle schoolers at the front gates of the Regional Parks Botanic Garden, in...
An Update to the App to Identify (Almost) Anything (Almost) Anywhere
If you ever wander around wanting to know the names of plants and animals around you, Seek, a newly rebuilt app from the iNaturalist team at the California Academy of...
Global Warming is “Just One of the Facts of Children’s Lives,” A Q&A with Ivy + Bean Author Annie Barrows
Children's author Annie Barrows talks with Bay Nature about her second grade heroines tackling climate change for the science fair.
School’s Out(side)
Can California teach an understanding of the natural world to every K-12 schoolkid in the state?
