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

Fishing has always been part of Apollo-Genesis Braddock-Layton’s life. On the left: 25-pound striped bass he caught at Sunset State Beach in Watsonville; right: Braddock-Layton as a child, with his ...

But no trout or salmon could reach that dream. The last time anyone saw steelhead trout in upstream Alameda Creek, it was 1967 and the Vietnam War was on. Since then, the creek had been clogged with ...

Welcome to Bay Nature ’s mini-guide to 25 Bay Area trails in some of our favorite places, ranging from peaks and valleys to redwoods and tidal marshes, described in 25 stories from Bay Nature ‘s ...

Bonnie Lewkowicz is passionate about outdoor adventure and ensuring others with disabilities can enjoy it too. For over 40 years, she has advocated for greater access to nature. She authored A ...

Behold the red-backed jumping spider (Phidippus johnsoni), among the most commonly spotted out of at least 50 jumping-spider species found in the Bay Area—and one of the biggest, being roughly ...

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 ...

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Join Us Every story from Bay Nature magazine is the product of a team dedicated to connecting our readers to the world around them and increasing environmental literacy. Please help us keep this ...

Look out. Summer is here! Exciting, heading outdoors, beautiful sun, warm weather, special places to go! For a hairy woodpecker (Dryobates villosus), summer is actually a slight reprieve after a very ...

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 ...