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Bay Nature connects the people of the Bay Area to the natural world around them. Find out more about our mission, programs, ...

Fire The Burning Question in the East Bay Hills: Eucalyptus Is Flammable Compared to What? Twenty-five years after the Oakland Hills fire, people still disagree about whether blue gum eucalyptus is a ...

A group of coho salmon alevin, with intact egg sacks still visible. (Will Boucher) Conservation A Last Best Hope for Coho in the Russian River Now equipped with $8.4 million in federal money, ...

Geology Capturing the Flood in California’s Ancient Underground Waterways Long buried riverbeds can move and absorb excess stormwater, storing it for future droughts.

This is the lichen world’s version of Theseus’s paradox: Is an object that has had every part removed and replaced the same object?

Where kelp forests used to grow, now legions of purple urchins can blanket the ocean bottom, creating urchin barrens. The barrens will persist until something—disease, predators, starvation, or ...

The Argentine ant is likely the most successful invasive species in California. But a 30-year dataset from Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve suggests they're not invincible.

California's once-mighty timber industry is in tatters, and private landowners need it to prevent catastrophic wildfires.

The Mission blue butterfly flies again on Twin Peaks, thanks to a dedicated six-year relocation project.

Just a century ago, foraging for wild foods would have been unremarkable--part of daily life for many people. That's not true today, but foraging is making a comeback, with ever more people interested ...