25 Years of Change
A quarter century of hard work has restored nature to the San Francisco Bay Area in places where it was once unimaginable.
Post Type Archives: Articles
Otherworldly Light
Winter is the ideal season to see UV fluorescent organisms in the Bay Area.
Winter 2026 Almanac: Sea Stars and Scoters
Life during winter can have ups and downs over the years.
Being a Salamander
In a tiny hollow beneath a log, reflected in my headlamp’s glow, were two gold-flecked black eyes and a dull pinkish snout.
Editor’s Letter: Ecosystem Engineers
Building a magazine is a lot like coaxing a garden or parcel of land into becoming a rich ecosystem.
Swimming in the Bay: Winter Clean
Even in winter, Bay water is mostly safe to swim in. It smells good. It tastes fine.
Naturalist’s Notebook: The Rainbow Connection
The poet Keats warned that understanding a rainbow may "unweave" it, robbing it of mystery. John Muir Laws disagrees.
California’s Blackbird
The tricolored blackbird traverses the Golden State with cat calls and friends.
A Particular Here, Now
It is a human impulse to wonder at the limits of what we know through experience alone.
Roaming in Nature
It’s not just that the ding of the text message is reaching me farther into the wilderness, it’s the way my whole view of nature feels like it’s now shaped...
