The Nature Conservancy launched the Beagle, a new deep-sea submersible whose first missions is to assess the impacts of different kinds of trawling in Morro Bay.
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New Submarine Explores California’s Sea Floor
September 25, 2009 •
The Ocean
Bay Nature stories about the Pacific Ocean.
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Turning Back the Plastic Tide
July 1, 2009 •
An innovative program uses albatrosses as “winged ambassadors” to help middle school students learn about the distant consequences of plastics that end up in our ocean.
Naturalist’s Notebook: A Worm Ties Together Crabs, Otters and Scoters
July 1, 2009 •
Find out how a little worm ties together the lives, and deaths, of several ocean animals, from sea otters to surf scoters to common sand crabs.
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Elephant Seals and Climate Change
March 20, 2009 •
A new study suggests that warmer ocean temperatures brought on by climate change may permanently skew sex ratios of northern elephant seals, the huge seals that visit a few Bay Area locations to breed.
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On the Rocks, with a Pup
February 20, 2009 •
If you’re looking for northern elephant seals, there is no place better to visit than Ano Nuevo State Reserve, home to the world’s largest mainland breeding colony.
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Gray Whale Migration
February 6, 2009 •
Now is the time to see gray whales migrating along the California coast and maybe even appearing inside the Bay.
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Give Me Shelter
October 1, 2008 •
Harbor seals, migrating seabirds, and other wildlife find shelter in the productive waters of Drakes Estero at Point Reyes.
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Letter from the Publisher
October 1, 2008 •
Springtime certainly has its charms–the hills turn green, wildflowers emerge, the days get longer. And summer is the traditional time to get outside. But fall is the season I look forward to most. True, the days are shorter, and the … Read more
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Whales at the Farallon Islands
July 11, 2008 •
Picture hungry tourists swarming around an all-you-can-eat buffet. Only the tourists are 100 feet long and weigh almost 200,000 pounds. These are blue whales, the largest animals ever, and they’ve come to feast on some of the tiniest animals on the planet: millions upon millions of tiny shrimplike krill.
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The Beach as Office
July 1, 2008 •
I go to the beach in January. Sometimes I bring a sweater and a hat. I go to the beach in June in work clothes and roll up the cuffs. It reminds me why I’m still in California, what my rent really includes, that I’m alive…