Jan 14, 2025 · Explore the natural world of Northern California with Bay Nature's in-depth articles, photography, illustration and events.

Nov 15, 2012 · Alison Hawkes was a Bay Nature editor from 2011-2017. Before Bay Nature she worked in journalism for more than a decade as a former newspaper reporter turned radio producer turned web editor with each rendition bringing her closer to her dream of covering environmental issues.

Nov 19, 2024 · Coyote swimming towards Tiburon from Angel Island this April, its head just barely visible (Left, Photo by Casey Dexter-Lee); Coyote getting its legs wet on the shores of Angel Island looking towards Tiburon (Right, Photo by California State Parks/Bill Miller). The idea of coyotes on Angel Island has been floated before. In 1915, the US Army introduced about 20 Columbian black-tailed deer ...

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 organizations in the magazine, online, in social media and at an in-person celebration. Bay Nature heroes reflect the ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Diversity of invertebrates that live within the mussel bed at Dillon Beach, California. Top row from left: isopod (Pentidotea wosnesenskii), dogwhelk (Nucella canaliculata), sea spider (Anoplodactylus viridintestinalis), ribbon worm (Amphiporus imparispinosus).Second row: polychaete worm (syllidae), isopod (Cirolana harfordi), sea slug (Runcina macfarlandi), chiton (Mopalia lionota), Bottom ...

Dec 31, 2024 · Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap! This winter, we tap a sapsucker expert to explain how these specialized well-drillers are speciating in our midst. We drive up to Lake Tahoe to paddle through algae and invasive weeds that seem to be in cahoots. We peer into livestock ponds, and head to three new Bay Area parks. We consider a community of cats. We learn how to read the wind by the waves, like sailors, and ...

Jan 28, 2025 · Thar be whales. In the deep ocean off our coast lurk behemoth-size literary legends that we rarely see but can hear. Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), a federally endangered species, echolocate and communicate through exquisitely complex combos of clicks and pauses, detectable from 100 miles away.Listening in, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute determined that sperm whale ...

Oct 18, 2016 · Illustration by Maggie Chiang. T he gums are mottled tan and brown like chicken bones, crowded together, the spaces between them choked with brush and hung with streamers of bark. Along with the sweet medicine smell of the trees, there is the warm scent of sawdust and a sour hint of exhaust. I’m with Brad Gallup, a fire captain with the …

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 acorns available might remain constant from year to year, allowing mobile predators like birds to find productive trees and never suffer the cost of a lean year.

Jun 27, 2018 · Explore coast redwoods or giant sequoia anywhere in California and Oregon with the Save the Redwoods League’s new mobile-friendly web tool for a comprehensive list of parks, planning tips, and new ideas: ExploreRedwoods.org Old-growth Redwoods Without the Crowds: Roy’s Redwoods Open Space Preserve