Bay Nature connects the people of the Bay Area to the natural world around them. Find out more about our mission, programs, ...

Bay Nature connects the people of the Bay Area to the natural world around them. Find out more about our mission, programs, ...

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.

Geology Capturing the Flood in California’s Ancient Underground Waterways Long buried riverbeds can move and absorb excess stormwater, storing it for future droughts.

Fire The Burning Question in the East Bay Hills: Eucalyptus Is Flammable Compared to What? Twenty-five years after the Oakland Hills fire, people still disagree about whether blue gum eucalyptus is a ...

Coronavirus Biodiversity and the Spread of Disease Ecology drives infectious disease. Research on Lyme shows why.

Climate Change A Time of Reckoning in the Central Valley Climate change is upending agriculture and land use in California's Central Valley ...

The Amah Mutsun, a Native American tribe in the San Francisco Bay Area, work to restore landscape ecology with traditional ecological knowledge.

Inspired by the science of beaver wetlands, activists tackle a long-held belief that beavers aren't native to much of California.

Here to stay? Mats of Eurasian watermilfoil clog waterways in the Tahoe Keys, on Lake Tahoe’s south side. It can regrow from a wisp. (Sonya Bennett-Brandt) Biodiversity What Lies Beneath Can we keep ...

A light- to moderate intensity fire swept through this grove of redwoods along the Kiln Fire Road. The skeletons of scorched tanoaks pepper the grove, and redwood sorrel carpets the forest floor.

Spiders create ideal traps with their webs. This is a guide to some of the most common types of spider webs.