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Wildlife
The Coyotes Arrived. Now, They’re Changing Angel Island.
Deer and raccoons that once fearlessly roamed the island have become prey.
Latest Stories
The New Normal: Hot Bats Drop By the Thousands
Heat waves are arriving sooner and stronger. Thousands of bat pups in Bakersfield are dropping like flies.
Spring Issue 2024
Naturalist’s Notebook: Where to See Lions
Distinguishing our northern fur seals, Steller sea lions, and California sea lions.
Science and Nature
Bay Nature’s Best, Deepest, and Weirdest Reads of 2023
Stories of the birds and the beasts, plus plants, protists, and fungi. The whales versus the crabbers, a shortage of seeds, an unexpected lake, kelp babies; dirt bikers, vaxxed condors, the strange feet of coots. All here.
Wildlife
Apparently Coyotes Can Climb Trees
Or at least there’s one in Moraga that can, as this video shows.
Spring Issue 2023
Bay Area Nature Spring Almanac: Ringtails and Bushtits
This spring features ephemeral amphibians, sticky flowers, architectural bushtits, elusive not-cats, ocean drifters, and various antler enthusiasts.
Nature News
After 2022’s Fatal Algal Bloom, Scientists Fear the Bay’s Sturgeon Could Go Extinct
At Point Pinole, 21 sturgeon carcasses––some more than seven feet long––lay strewn along a mile-long stretch of beach in late August 2022, baking in the relentless heat. It was the peak of the largest harmful algal bloom on record in … Read more
Summer Issue 2022
Species to Look for in Summer 2022
Bay Nature’s illustrated almanac for summer 2022.
