Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
You don’t have to go far. But it helps to spend all your spare time in the woods. That’s what Vishal Subramanyan, 20, does.
In my neighborhood, flocks of wild turkeys wander year-round, stopping traffic with aplomb and making my German-shepherd-mix dog nervous. People put up signs that say, “Drive Like Your Turkeys Live Here.” They’re a fixture, adaptable and thriving in urban and wild settings alike. But as editorial assistant Lia Keener and I dug through the Bay Nature…
Every now and then, the ocean sneaks up on the land, with a wave that’s bigger than all the rest. Scientists are working out where these dangerous waves come from.
“I think people think that because blind people can’t see, we don’t know birds. But they’re the nearest part of nature,” says poet Susan Glass.
She was born in captivity, it turns out. And she’ll only get to stay free and wild if she behaves—so humans should definitely not feed her, take selfies with her, or try to be her friend.
A little too hairy and a little too pinchy to classify as charismatic, scorpions strike fear in the hearts of many—through no fault of their own. A scorpion expert sets the record straight on these gentle loners.
Independent, nonprofit environmental journalism connecting people with nature in the San Francisco Bay Area.
