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What a nose knows.| Bay Nature
A series about jobs in nature.| Bay Nature
When you’re cruising below the clouds at 3,000 feet, the Bay Area is just far away enough to still look familiar. Unlike flying commercial, says pilot Mark Dedon, a small aircraft allows you to keep the details in view—useful for counting birds, or tracking an island fox. Or, if you’re off the clock, just to look around.| Bay Nature
"When I heard the news last week that Malcolm Margolin had died, it stirred up a flood of memories of the intense and ultimately fruitful partnership that led to the launch of Bay Nature in 2001," writes David Loeb, Bay Nature's co-founder. The post Malcolm Margolin and the Birth of Bay Nature appeared first on Bay Nature.| Bay Nature
Between ambitions and amphibians, an ecologist mediates.| Bay Nature
All 16 Bay Area “critical habitat” groves in a proposed federal threatened listing include eucalyptus. How do we protect a native that now depends on a non-native to survive?| Bay Nature
After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them? The post Unmasking the Sea Star Killer appeared first on Bay Nature.| Bay Nature
All 12 Bay Area “critical habitat” groves in a proposed federal threatened listing include eucalyptus. How do we protect a native that now depends on a non-native to survive?| Bay Nature
Besides being overrun with foot traffic and free-roaming domestic pets, San Francisco's Ocean Beach has a serious erosion problem.| Bay Nature
The Xerces blue, long gone from San Francisco, became a symbol of the fight against extinctions. Now scientists are sending in a replacement. Will it take?| Bay Nature
Scientists surveying marine life off our coastline have been watching marine mammals roll in for the Bay Area seafood buffet.| Bay Nature
Olympia oysters, whose native range runs from Baja California to southern Alaska, are being enlisted as ecological engineers in nearly 40 “living shoreline” projects in the US alone. The post A Living Shoreline, Built One Oyster at a Time appeared first on Bay Nature.| Bay Nature
“Long-term monitoring isn’t sexy,” says one source. But this data is how we know what is happening to the planet.| Bay Nature
I was running through my neighborhood the other day when I stopped to say hello to a cat I had never met before.| Bay Nature
Donna Graves couldn’t believe it when she heard that the LGBTQ+ exhibit she created at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historic Park in Richmond, California, was in jeopardy. The post The Trump Administration Is Asking Park Rangers to Rewrite History appeared first on Bay Nature.| Bay Nature
When I hear arguments for outdoor cats I start to transform, ironically, more cat-like. I can feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and my claws come out. But my reaction is totally human: talking past others, uncompromising, and incredulous.| Bay Nature
Bay Area sport fish sampled in a study were overwhelmingly tainted with PFAS. “It’s more widespread than we really thought,” says a scientist. But it’s not so easy to persuade anglers to eat less fish. The post The People Will Keep Fishing, Despite Forever Chemicals in the Fish appeared first on Bay Nature.| Bay Nature
A coalition of advocates and loyal supporters has staved off the closure of a unique marine research center on the San Francisco Bay — at least for another six months. The post Backed by Supporters, SF State’s Marine Research Lab Delays Closure appeared first on Bay Nature.| Bay Nature
A soundscape recordist is an escape artist.| Bay Nature
Baseball fans collect souvenirs like squirrels collect acorns. There are the official ones: home run balls, foul balls, baseball cards (and the quest to get them autographed), commemorative pins, bobbleheads, hat-shaped ice cream bowls. Grown men and women exchange hard-earned … Read more The post We’ve Lost the A’s, But At Least We Still Have This Invasive Succulent appeared first on Bay Nature.| Bay Nature
Newsom’s executive order allows fire reduction efforts to bypass CEQA ahead of fire season. Some fire agencies are seeking to take advantage of the opportunity. The post Will Newsom’s Expedited Wildfire Prevention Plans Harm Wildlife? appeared first on Bay Nature.| Bay Nature
Stepping onto the spanking new Pacheco Marsh trail near Martinez for the first time on May 1, I was struck by the contrast between nature and human industry all around. The post A Ramble Around Pacheco Marsh appeared first on Bay Nature.| Bay Nature
For this summer, we've pulled together a few of our favorites—reads, guides, coastal trails and summer volunteering opportunities. The post Bay Nature’s 2025 Summer Guide! appeared first on Bay Nature.| Bay Nature
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Sea-level rise is threatening San Francisco’s shores. In February, the city began vegetating the sand dunes as part of its answer.| Bay Nature
Climate change is already costing us a bundle. Proponents say this measure will save money in the long run. Opponents call it a ‘hodgepodge.’| Bay Nature
It was the middle of a triple-digit heat wave in the hottest July ever recorded in Bakersfield, California. Bat biologist Erika Noel stepped beneath a freeway overpass along State Route 178, and the air felt like an oven. Forty feet above, clustered among five joints of the bridge, were thousands of Mexican free-tailed bats emitting their trademark musk—an odor laced with the smell of ammonia and corn chips.| Bay Nature
For the past several years, wildlife photographer Sarah Killingsworth has shadowed biologist Matt Lau’s work helping the western snowies at Point Reyes National Seashore. But tricky ravens have become a problem of late.| Bay Nature
Researchers are investigating the secrets of our two resident sturgeon species, which have razor-sharp armor and shlorp up clams with their vacuum-shaped mouths.| Bay Nature
Local mycologists suspect death caps—huge and abundant in the Bay Area—may be competing with chanterelles underground.| Bay Nature
