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Remembering Marty Griffin, Conservationist Extraordinaire

June 3, 2024 â€˘  by Bay Nature Staff

This May, Dr. Martin Griffin passed away at age of 103. He was a colossus of conservation in the Bay Area. An interview from 2011, when we named him one of our first Local Hero award winners.

He Set Out to Photograph All of California’s Forests. Then They Began to Burn.

May 23, 2024 â€˘  by Kate Golden

Stefan Thuilot has been documenting a very big picture view of how forests are changing.

Kevin the Rockridge Peacock is Oakland’s Newest Iconic Bird

May 21, 2024 â€˘  by Callie Rhoades

Or is his name Bob?

There’s a New Blue Flitting on Xerces’ Old Turf

April 15, 2024 â€˘  by H.R. Smith

The Xerces blue, long gone from San Francisco, became a symbol of the fight against extinctions. Now scientists are sending in a replacement to the dunes of the Presidio. Will it take? 

Snake Fungal Disease Is Spreading in California. What Can We Do?

April 4, 2024 â€˘  by Anton Sorokin

As statewide funding for disease surveillance runs out this year, here’s what to look out for—and how to be a friend to your local snakes.

A Rare Closeup on the Delta Green Ground Beetle, a Predator of the Pools

March 21, 2024 â€˘  by Kate Golden

The quarter-inch-long, brilliantly colored Delta green ground beetle is “still a bit of a mystery,” even to experts.

Berkeley to Buy Ohlone Shellmound Site, Then Return it to Indigenous Land Trust 

March 14, 2024 â€˘  by Ally Markovich

The city of Berkeley plans to purchase a Fourth Street parking lot and transfer the property to the nonprofit Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, as part of a recent settlement agreement over the long-contested shellmound site in West Berkeley.

Encounters with a Rare Ginger Badger at Point Reyes

March 6, 2024 â€˘  by Vishal Subramanyan

“When I took a closer look through my lens, I saw the mound had fur and a pinkish nose,” writes wildlife photographer Vishal Subramanyan.

The Hills Have Ears

February 22, 2024 â€˘  by Anushuya Thapa

New radio towers are bringing a sea-change in wildlife tracking.

California’s New State Mushroom Is One Heck of a Fungus

February 8, 2024 â€˘  by Debbie Viess

After votes from California mushroom enthusiasts, the bling under the live oaks emerged as the winner.

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