Humpbacks, floating islands and Occupiers
No way! This guy went out to photograph birds off the coast of San Luis Obispo, and check out the photographs he came back with. Proving that the krill bonanza...
Pick Archives:Bay Nature Picks
Mosquitoes, spiders and hottest rain
Time for Monday’s News Digest West Nile-carrying mosquitoes are beginning to swarm. Conta Costa and Santa Clara Counties have begun fogging several cities with pyrethrin and are treating water in...
Lines of defense
Right after completing his undergraduate degree in biological sciences at UC Davis, Fresno-born Mike Lynes went to work out in the field. But after working as a scientist for several...
Biophonies, radiation, and food labels
Nice weekend! Here’s your Friday news digest. As climate change ramps up, scientists are finding it’s not just temperature that impacts where a species moves. Precipitation is also important, and...
The world needs ‘Zombee’ hunters
‘Zombee’ season is about to peak in September, and zombee researchers are asking for help to track its spread. It’s Night of the Living Dead for honeybees infected with a...
Reservoirs, beach cleanup, and sea lions with gunshot wounds
Glad to have you at Wednesday’s News Digest: UC Davis is America’s “coolest school,” says Sierra Magazine because of its climate change initiatives, including a student-run transit line, bike-friendly transportation,...
Oysters, great whites, and fire
Happy Monday! Here’s your Monday Bay Nature news digest. Don’t eat Drakes Bay oysters right now. The public health department shut down operations because three people came down with food...
A Visit from Jack Laws, Bird Man (and Artist)
It’s always a red-letter day at the Bay Nature office when we get a visit from Jack Laws (aka John Muir Laws, wildlife artist extraordinaire and the man behind the...
High Plains Drifters
My current beach reading has the usual ingredients: a steamy love triangle, a pitched battle between mortal enemies, and colorful characters cavorting in exotic locales. This is no dime-store novel,...
Nature for free, David’s best picks
For the sake of saving money or living more sustainably, the “staycation” is becoming ever more popular. But what can you do to have fun when keeping close to home?...
