
As drought stretches on in California, local plants and animals are falling back on their evolutionarily honed behaviors for outlasting the dry.

A pod of orcas have been staging an unbelievable show in the Monterey Bay and more Bay Area nature news.

With the persistent drought that has gripped California for the past year, state water managers are increasingly turning to cloud seeding to extract as much water as they can.

As the days shorten and valley oak leaves fall, hundreds of birds are flocking to the Bay Area. Here’s a sneak preview of some of the highlights.

Save Mount Diablo acquire Curry Canyon Ranch property and more Bay Area nature news…

Anyone interested in Bay Area nature and ecology has likely come across Jake Sigg’s Nature News, an indispensable and idiosyncratic email newsletter that goes out to 2,400 subscribers every week. Nature News—a volunteer project Jake does on his own—is much more than a listing of local hikes, classes, campaigns, and restoration events. At any given…