Some argue it’s entirely possible for humans and wildlife to coexist, and even thrive. Erica Spotswood is an ecologist with a ...

Climate change is already costing us a bundle. Proponents say this measure will save money in the long run. Opponents call it ...

A journalist takes a rare trip to the Farallones, to see how the more than half a million seabirds that breed there each year ...

Scientists surveying marine life off our coastline have been watching marine mammals roll in for the Bay Area seafood buffet.

Sea palms reach up to two feet in height and turn a rich caramel color in the summer and fall as they drop their spores. The ...

Bay Nature connects the people of the San Francisco Bay Area to our natural world and motivates people to solve problems with nature in mind.

On a hike in the Sonoma hills in the spring of 1993, Peter Connors was, as usual, ignoring the view for the wildflowers—when he spotted a lone purple-and-white clover that stopped him in his tracks.

In the early 1980s, Francisco Chavez returned to his natal homeland in Peru with his Duke University doctoral adviser, Richard Barber. Like many biologists studying ocean life, Barber had a case of ...