Annie the Falcon Came Back from Presumed Dead, but Life Hasn’t Returned to Normal for UC Berkeley’s Cal Falcons
A year of exceptional drama in the lives of Cal's peregrine falcons continues.
Wildlife
Raccoons, Skunks, and Foxes Falling Sick in the Bay Area as a Respiratory Virus Spreads
A fox looks sick in the Presidio, and Animal Care and Control reports increased numbers of sick raccoons and skunks.
Sea Otters in San Francisco?
Ever since the 1930s, when an improbable remnant colony of sea otters was discovered off the rugged Big Sur coast after more than a century of intensive fur hunting, Californians...
Volunteers Save Thousands of Newts from Becoming Roadkill
Tens of thousands of newts try to cross Chileno Valley Road every year in the breeding season. Volunteers try to help them make it alive.
Big Rain Leads to a Big Year for Salmon
Record-breaking rainfall drenched much of the Bay Area in late October and again around Christmas, leading to flooding, power outages, snarled traffic — and a great season for a fish...
How to Be a Fox
Bill Leikam has spent a dozen years learning the secrets of foxes in the Palo Alto Baylands.
Look for These Bay Area Species in Winter 2022
Text and research by Bay Nature staff. Life in Winter includes a period of quiet and dormancy for some, but it’s when the show — the sights, smells, and sounds...
Bay Nature’s Winter 2022 Issue and “Interviewing an Animal in Its Own Language”
Considering face-to-face encounters with wild animals.
We Urgently Need More Information about Spiders, as Climate Change Means New Risks for Them
Climate change seems like a critical threat to spiders. But researchers are hampered by a lack of basic information.
