California roach at Sulphur Creek, which is undergoing restoration. Fish will have easier passage through area streams, thanks to IRA and BIL money. (Martin Perales, Napa Resource Conservation ...

Join Bay Nature Magazine and researcher Dr. Jenn Smith for a look at California ground squirrels and the surprises uncovered through long-term monitoring of their populations in the Bay Area (hint: it ...

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Olympia oysters, whose native range runs from Baja California to southern Alaska, are being enlisted as ecological engineers ...

Bay Nature Talk: Sunflower Sea Star Join Bay Nature Magazine and Cal Academy marine biologists and experts Riah Evin and Elora López-Nandam for a virtual talk about sunflower sea stars on Wednesday, ...

When ranchers leave the land, what version of nature takes over? The park and The Nature Conservancy have ambitious restoration plans.

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 ...

Yellow-bellied sapsucker (Kyle Tansley) Biodiversity A Sapsucker Superspecies Is Evolving In Our Midst The family tree for these woodpecker family members has gotten rather complicated.

Conservation How Local Conservationists Are Planning for the Trump Era Prop. 4’s $10 billion for climate adaptation is one blessing. Another is money that can’t be unspent.

For the first time in history, black bears are living in North Bay counties, occupying an ecological niche once filled by grizzlies.

510 Hikers in Briones Regional Park. (Nicholas Collins) Environmental Justice Hiking For Who You Want to See in Nature Nick Collins is the leader of 510 Hikers, a weekly hiking group with a mission to ...