
Bay Nature Institute announces its Local Hero Award winners for 2016, and a special fourth award, presented to Bay Nature co-founder Malcolm Margolin.

Here are some of our staff’s favorite signs of winter in the Bay Area.

For the last few months, the Guadalupe River, the major river of the 10th largest city in the United States, has been essentially out of water.

A concerned spider fan asks what to do about a missing arachnid and the egg sacs she left behind.

How much sea foam along the shore is normal for this time of year? And how can you tell if it’s harmful to marine life? We asked UC Santa Cruz oceanographer Raphael Kudela.

Gray foxes in the Bay Area: Where are they? What are they? The answer to both questions is surprisingly complicated. Fortunately, there’s “The Fox Guy.”