Jan 7, 2025 · Explore the natural world of Northern California with Bay Nature's in-depth articles, photography, illustration and events.

Oct 8, 2024 · A flight, or gulp, of Brandt’s cormorants. (Kip Evans) In 2023, global sea surface temperatures reached record highs, and they’ve continued to spike in 2024.Around the …

Nov 14, 2024 · Environmental lawyer David Hayes’s career is intertwined with the U.S. government’s biggest environmental legislation. He served as Deputy Secretary of the Interior …

Aug 6, 2024 · Left: A band-tailed Pigeon in El Sobrante, California. (Becky Matsubara via Flickr, CC BY 2.0 DEED); Right: A visualization of band-tailed versus rock pigeon sightings from …

Apr 1, 2002 · If you haven’t checked out eNature.com, now’s the time. The website has been acquired by the National Wildlife Federation and offers a tremendous resource and tools for …

Jan 3, 2021 · Woodrats, pack rats, and trade rats are all common names for the same remarkable rodent genus, Neotoma.Our local species, the dusky-footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes), has …

Since 2011, Bay Nature Institute has been honoring remarkable local conservation and nature leaders and activists at our annual Local Hero Awards. We recognize these heroes and their …

Join Park Rangers for a walk along the New Flyway Trail! Discover wildlife from a 360 degree view at the Ravenswood Unit of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. …

Oct 10, 2022 · Piddocks begin their lives as larvae drifting at the mercy of the open ocean. At this stage, they measure only 300 to 500 microns wide—about the width of three human hairs.

Jul 5, 2022 · Variability is only half of masting behavior; the other half is synchrony. If individual trees bore variable acorn crops but asynchronously with each other, the overall number of …