Bay Nature and NewsMatch 2019
It’s a tough time to care deeply about the environment and the future of our planet, as you do if you read Bay Nature. The effects of climate change are...
Science and Nature
What’s That Fish Jumping at the Shallow Bay’s Edge?
Yesterday afternoon I went for a jog along the Bay Trail and saw a bunch of little fish flipping around near the surface right at the edge of the beach. ...
Why We Need to Treat Wildfire as a Public Health Issue in California
Fires are spreading into communities and increasingly affecting large numbers of Californians, sometimes repeatedly.
What We Can Learn about the Coast from Sick Sea Otters
What's keeping sea otters from expanding their population? Cat poop, perhaps.
Deep Sea Exploration Off the Farallones Catches Sea Stars Hunting Moving Prey
Many people generally think of sea stars as slow, almost immobile animals, living in tidepools or in along the shoreline, feeding slowly on clams and mussels. So here’s something you...
More Opossums for the Internet
Opossums are having a bit of a moment thanks to the internet. America’s only marsupial – the Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana — is what many consider unlovely. Gray fur and...
The Largest Land Sale in California
An ecological history of a massive ranch for sale in the Bay Area.
The Birds Come Back to the Bay
Like me, you may have seen recent headlines sounding the alarm that birds are vanishing from North America. From the abstract of the September 2019 report in the journal Science, an “integration of...
A Second Look at the Bird Population Decline Study
This article was originally published on Undark. Read the original article. When a major new study on North American bird populations appeared in the journal Science last week, it included...
These Trees Survived California’s Drought and That’s Giving Scientists Hope for Climate Change
The drought killed a lot of trees. But not all of them.
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