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California, the most biodiverse state, hopes to stave off the Sixth Extinction by protecting 30 percent of its lands and waters by 2030. How’s that going?
6 Million Acres to Go
January 3, 2023 •
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San Vicente Redwoods, a Forest Reborn, Opens After a Century Off-Limits
January 3, 2023 •
Visitors can now witness the response of this burned forest—one of nature’s least understood and most dynamically changing habitats.
The Latest Bird Flu Pandemic Is Terrible—And Strange
January 3, 2023 •
“The landscape is riddled with risk out there right now, but we don’t want to vilify the carriers,” says one expert. “They’re just doing their thing. They’re being ducks.” So, where did this virus come from?
Avian Flu Isn’t Just For the Birds
January 3, 2023 •
Seals, dolphins and foxes have all gotten sick. How likely is it to spread to people?
Winter 2023 Almanac: Fireballs and Butter
January 3, 2023 •
Keep your eye out for these winter wonders.
Bay Nature’s Most-Loved Stories in 2022
December 21, 2022 •
Stories about abalone, bobcats, underground rivers, newts, two-headed worms, out-of-place birds, acorns, shrews, moles, shrew-moles, and clams with a purpose.
After 2022’s Fatal Algal Bloom, Scientists Fear the Bay’s Sturgeon Could Go Extinct
December 21, 2022 •
At Point Pinole, 21 sturgeon carcasses––some more than seven feet long––lay strewn along a mile-long stretch of beach in late August 2022, baking in the relentless heat. It was the peak of the largest harmful algal bloom on record in … Read more
How Indigenous People Got Some Land Back in Oakland
December 13, 2022 •
The city of Oakland just made history by giving over five acres in Joaquin Miller Park to an Indigenous land trust’s stewardship. But the backstory was decades in the making.
How a ‘Sturgeon Surgeon’ Tracks the Bay’s Giant, Stealthy Living Fossils
December 8, 2022 •
Researchers are investigating the secrets of our two resident sturgeon species, which have razor-sharp armor and shlorp up clams with their vacuum-shaped mouths.
Cheeky Bobcat Kitten, Owl on the Hunt: How a Young Wildlife Photographer Gets the Goods
December 1, 2022 •
You don’t have to go far. But it helps to spend all your spare time in the woods. That’s what Vishal Subramanyan, 20, does.