Winter 2017

Bay Nature’s January-March 2017 issue covers the Bay, the brain on nature, lost histories of the East Bay hills, and more.

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Issue Content

Why Do Tule Elk Drop Their Antlers Every Year?

by Michael Ellis | January 1, 2017

The Story of the San Francisco Bay: It’s Wild Still

by Eric Simons | January 1, 2017

Bay Area Nature’s All-Hands-On-Deck Moment

by David Loeb | January 1, 2017

Naturalist’s Notebook: Good Algae Gone Bad

by John Muir Laws | January 1, 2017

Nature Offers Health Benefits, and Brain Research Helps Explain Why

by Alison Hawkes | January 1, 2017

Sea Otter Adoptees Born in Elkhorn Slough

by Elizabeth Devitt | January 1, 2017

Rue Mapp on Doubling Down on Black Joy in Nature

by Rue Mapp | December 24, 2016

Old Giants: The Last Days of Oakland’s Redwoods

by Sylvia Linsteadt | January 1, 2017

Dark Treasure: Mount Diablo’s Lost Coal Mines

by Sylvia Linsteadt | January 1, 2017

Brightly Colored Parrot Mushrooms Love the Damp Dark Days of Winter

by Anna Towers | January 1, 2017

Franklin Point Offers A Unique Look at the San Mateo Coast

by Nate Seltenrich | January 1, 2017

Pacific Chorus Frogs Use Their Famous Calls to Stake Out Territory

by Claire Peaslee | January 1, 2017