Lifelong San José resident Apollo-Genesis Braddock-Layton has fished the Pacific Coast’s shore for as long as he can remember ...

Bay Nature Talk: Birding By Ear Join Bay Nature Magazine and expert birder and artist Clay Anderson for a virtual talk about birding by ear on March 26, from 12 – 1pm. This will be a fun, informal ...

Susan Kuramoto Moffat has written for the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, and Estuary News ...

KEEPERS OF THE LANGUAGE AND LIFE WAYS When California became a state in 1850, the persecution of Native Californians intensified, in some places to the point of genocide, and many tribal people ...

On a recent afternoon, tides recede at Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay, revealing what could pass for another planet. Cautiously navigating slick stone, my family hopes to spot sea slugs (very alien), ...

Painting by Owen Smith Tens of thousands of years ago, California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains wore upon their shoulders the ancestors of today’s rivers. The waterways flowed down from the highlands to ...

Wild Things provides a home for over 60 species of wildlife. Many of these animals are shared in our wildlife education presentations. Their hope is through meeting these animals and hearing their ...

Male elephant seals are among the loudest mammals ever recorded, and they can weigh more than two tons. (Photo by Steve Zamek, Feather Light Photography) On a sparkling blue January morning, I meet ...

How coastal scrub gave way to grasslands With its cool, clean winds, dense fog and ever-changing skies, Point Reyes was once a place of dense, impenetrable stands of coastal scrub and forested ridges, ...

River advocates see the period of rapid development and transportation investment downtown as an opportunity to capitalize on the river’s new edge and to revitalize the once-and-future natural heart ...

Illustration by Jason Holley On July 27, 2017 this story was announced as a finalist for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine 2017 Communication Awards. Every year, as summer ...