Jeff Miller stands atop the fish barrier at the base of Niles Community Park as they rescue stranded steelhead in 2016.

A coalition of advocates and loyal supporters has staved off the closure of a unique marine research center on the San ...

But often those sounds are drawn from a limited set of online libraries, which get repetitive. Companies making mental health ...

I recently ran a 31-mile trail race around Lake Chabot. It was the longest distance I’d ever run by about 10 miles. I ran past redwood stands, poison oak, fern. Occasionally—alerted by a sound of life ...

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 meander across the ...

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 class where attendees will learn ...

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 turns to fall, the mouse ...

Pistachio orchards, like these at Gilkey Ranch near Five Points, California, are producing the nut of the future, say farmers, because the crop goes dormant during drought and demands less water and ...

In July, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill declaring the lace lichen—found along the Pacific coast and throughout the coast ranges—the state lichen. As of January 1, 2016, California will be ...

Pastures are visible from a derelict milking barn at the historic D Ranch, founded in 1870 and abandoned after the creation of Point Reyes National Seashore. (Lisa M. Krieger) In the gently rolling ...