So fun! It was a treat to poke around the fire trails for all things tiny and eight-legged. We saw turret spiders’ holes, crab spiders, and many others. And finally, at the very end of the hike we saw ...

A Northern Harrier eyes the lush marshes of Bethel Island, a key Bay-Delta refuge that Prop 4 money could help protect. (hfabian via iNaturalist) “I think this is breaking my Teams right now,” said ...

As the events program expanded this year, we got out all over the Bay Area, bringing Bay Nature stories to life.

The hiking group was supposed to meet 20 minutes ago, but I’m sitting here on the roadside staring at a locked gate and a handful of discouraging signs. “Hazardous Fire Area,” “Bioregional Habitat ...

This is the first in an occasional series on mentors, mentorship, and natural history teaching in Northern California. Find other entries in the series as they appear ...

Spire, an installation made from felled cypress logs by organic artist Andy Goldsworthy, greets the morning surrounded by a reforested grove of Monterey cypress seedlings. These plots are part of an ...

A money spider (Tenuiphantes sp.) balloons, under controlled conditions, from its daisy perch. You can see the trichobothria (leg hairs) and dragline silk in this picture. (Michael Hutchinson via ...