Illustrator Jane Kim and the California Center for Natural History share six species to watch for this winter.
Winter Almanac: An Illustrated Guide to Northern California Nature
December 28, 2018 •
Art & Design
The Art of Attentiveness: Q&A With Tanja Geis
December 28, 2018 •
Berkeley-based artist Tanja Geis explores the inherent value of nonhuman life.
Our Favorite Bay Nature Photos of 2018
December 20, 2018 •
Favorite pictures published in Bay Nature in 2018, from the Bay Nature editors.
Bay Area Filmmaker Looks for Answers About the Future of Wildfire
September 30, 2018 •
Kevin White hopes we can re-think our relationship to fire.
New Academy of Sciences Exhibit Explores Coastal California’s Giants of Land and Sea
June 27, 2018 •
A new Academy exhibit showcases iconic giants of the region while celebrating the details that make California unique.
Flower Piano: Music in Harmony with Nature
June 26, 2018 •
What began as an impromptu piano-playing performance on the coast of Half Moon Bay has blossomed into an annual, interactive celebration of music in nature.
A Landscape Shaped by Art in the Santa Cruz Mountains
January 2, 2018 •
At an artists’ retreat in the Santa Cruz Mountains, a chance to see art and nature mix.
John Muir Laws and the Art of Slowing Down, Sitting Still, and Paying Attention
April 18, 2016 •
“As a naturalist, educator, and artist, I have found that my journal is the most necessary tool I carry into the field with me; it is even more necessary than my binoculars.”
Impressionism, Pointillism, Statistical Processing: Finding Truths in the Patterns of Nature
July 2, 2014 •
The beauty of science is that it really does search for truth. It is easy to follow the tracks and trails of one or several of nature’s patterns and yet be completely lost as to the whole picture.
The Beauty of an Atmospheric River
February 7, 2014 •
The forecast calls for big rain this weekend from an “atmospheric river,” a plume of moisture stretching thousands of miles across the Pacific and splashing onto land right smack on the Northern California coast.