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Donna Graves couldn’t believe it when she heard that the LGBTQ+ exhibit she created at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historic Park in Richmond, California, was in jeopardy.

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

Bay Area sport fish sampled in a study were tainted with PFAS. But it’s not so easy to persuade anglers to eat less fish.

Illustration by Maggie Chiang The gums are mottled tan and brown like chicken bones, crowded together, the spaces between them choked with brush and hung with streamers of bark. Along with the sweet ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The dredger Njord runs 24 hours a day, scooping up sediment to keep channels navigable for big ships. Now that sediment will help save our shorelines. (Sonya Bennett-Brandt) As I arrived at the Port ...

Chan was, formally, the author of more than 24 scientific studies. He received recognitions for his work from the California State Senate and the Marin County Board of Supervisors. He was a research ...