Tiny by volcano standards. The Sutter Buttes are 10 miles wide and poke up 2,000 feet. In classic butte fashion, they are ...

We’re surrounded by a world of insects that we barely notice. Put on your goggles and get immersed in the riot of colors and ...

With plainfin midshipmen, black-tailed jackrabbits, black-headed grosbeaks, and yellow-faced bumblebees. Life in spring ...

For 25 years, Bay Nature has connected people to the natural world of the San Francisco Bay Area—inspiring curiosity, stewardship, and action. Now it’s time to celebrate what this community has built ...

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Instinct does play a role in nest-building, but so much more seems to be involved. Entwined with instinct are reason, ...

With a little luck we have all found that person, or group of persons, who are regularly game to join, or plan, our outdoor ...

To the uninformed, they might look like giant puddles left behind by the last winter storm. But the 20 visitors gathered on the lower slopes of Sonoma Mountain on an overcast morning in early March ...

Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont, in February 2026. Christopher Sulots, the park’s supervising naturalist, says in the current March heat wave, “I’m seeing things moving a little faster than they ...

As an independent nonprofit newsroom, Bay Nature relies on the support of readers, members, and donors. Your support helps us tell local nature stories that bring the Bay Area to life.

As an independent nonprofit newsroom, Bay Nature relies on the support of readers, members, and donors. Your support helps us tell local nature stories that bring the Bay Area to life.

As an independent nonprofit newsroom, Bay Nature relies on the support of readers, members, and donors. Your support helps us tell local nature stories that bring the Bay Area to life.