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For those who dare—meet the Bay Area’s spookiest plants (and two freaky fungi).
Bay Nature’s Hall of Botanical Horrors
October 26, 2023 •
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Naturalist’s Notebook: How Salt Marsh Plants Cope With All the Salt
October 17, 2023 •
Meet the Salt Marsh 3, a trio of marsh plants specially adapted to live in the brine.
A Better Way to Forage Matsutake Mushrooms
October 12, 2023 •
“Xayviish has far more personality than any grocery-store mushroom,” writes Sara Calvosa Olson, a Karuk tribal member. “It’s a meaty but delicate time machine, whisking your spirit back to your gathering place.”
How to Make Acorn Bread from Scratch (and Decolonize Your Diet a Bit)
October 12, 2023 •
A Karuk food writer’s step-by-step guide to making use of our fall bounty of acorns.
Fall 2023 Almanac: Condors, Cones, and Raccoons
October 10, 2023 •
When you’re the biggest bird in North America, it takes a little while to grow up. Illustrations by Jane Kim.
New Trail on Doolittle Drive Does a Lot
October 10, 2023 •
A half mile of new trail helps address a surprising number of problems in Oakland.
Now We Are Asking Nature to Solve the Problems We Created
October 5, 2023 •
What’s a nature-based solution? An explainer.
How Dirt Biking Shaped the Bay Area—and the West
September 28, 2023 •
Sixty years ago, Bay Area bikers discovered the Panoche Hills, southeast of San José. Public lands management changed forever.
Fall 2023 Editor’s Letter: Wildlife Paradox
September 21, 2023 •
“Can we communicate, pay attention, and learn about the needs of wildlife well enough to love it and allow it to thrive?” asks editor-in-chief Victoria Schlesinger
A Jewel of the South Bay’s Serpentine Grasslands Is Now Protected (and Open to the Public)
September 21, 2023 •
The 1,800-acre Máyyan ‘Ooyákma–Coyote Ridge Open Space Preserve is home to 13 endangered or threatened species. Volunteers played a major role in making it accessible to the public.