Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
When I joined Point Blue Conservation Science as its new CEO earlier this year, I did so with equal parts excitement and humility. Excitement because after many years working on conservation and climate change issues from Washington, DC to sub-Saharan Africa I had found my new home in the Bay Area. And with humility because…
It’s a tough time to care deeply about the environment and the future of our planet, as you do if you read Bay Nature. The effects of climate change are becoming more apparent every day, many of the regulations we have in place to protect the environment in California are at risk, and we’re struggling…
Yesterday afternoon I went for a jog along the Bay Trail and saw a bunch of little fish flipping around near the surface right at the edge of the beach. What were they? Were they being chased by something?–A.J., Alameda Fishes flip and jump for a variety of reasons. Sturgeon, for example, are thought to…
Fires are spreading into communities and increasingly affecting large numbers of Californians, sometimes repeatedly.
Meet the flies that lay their eggs in a bee’s body.
What’s keeping sea otters from expanding their population? Cat poop, perhaps.
Independent, nonprofit environmental journalism connecting people with nature in the San Francisco Bay Area.
