Sea-level rise is threatening San Francisco’s shores. In February, the city began vegetating the sand dunes as part of its ...

For the first time, scientists documented concerted carnivory by California ground squirrels. But why were there so many ...

As the chair moved the resolution to approval, the room of around thirty people, many of them agency staffers, burst into ...

The beauty of Highway 1 builds your anticipation for Tunitas Creek Beach, and the beach delivers on the expectation. Located ...

The 2025 Local Hero Awards will be held on April 6 from 2pm – 6pm at the David Brower Center in Berkeley. We invite you to join us for this celebration! General Admission tickets are $150. Bay Nature ...

Bay Nature magazine is published quarterly, and Baynature.org features new pieces every week. We welcome pitches from freelance journalists, writers, thinkers, scientists, photographers, conservation ...

The Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provide billions of dollars for nature. How is that changing the Bay Area? And how do we know if it’s money well spent? Bay Nature ...

ON A WARM SEPTEMBER AFTERNOON IN 1962, a 14-year-old boy named Jim Carlton scrambled down through thick brush onto the exposed muddy shoreline of Adams Point on Lake Merritt. The small beach was quiet ...

Along the marsh’s edge at Cache Creek Nature Preserve, 20 miles northwest of Sacramento, Diana Almendariz harvests bundles of tule (Schoenoplectus acutus)— green, smooth cylinders up to 10 feet high.

As three women of color working for decades in the Bay Area in a field that hasn’t historically reflected much diversity, it was surprising that our paths didn’t cross until 2019. We found each other ...