Instinct does play a role in nest-building, but so much more seems to be involved. Entwined with instinct are reason, ...

We’re surrounded by a world of insects that we barely notice. Put on your goggles and get immersed in the riot of colors and ...

Tiny by volcano standards. The Sutter Buttes are 10 miles wide and poke up 2,000 feet. In classic butte fashion, they are ...

With plainfin midshipmen, black-tailed jackrabbits, black-headed grosbeaks, and yellow-faced bumblebees. Life in spring ...

With a little luck we have all found that person, or group of persons, who are regularly game to join, or plan, our outdoor ...

Nearby Tomodachi Park is a small, 8.7-acre park within Sebastopol’s larger Laguna Wetlands Preserve. A short trail leads to a ...

In an unprecedented heat wave, we check in on the newts, the bears, the mussels, and all those flowers that just woke up for spring.

For 25 years, Bay Nature has connected people to the natural world of the San Francisco Bay Area—inspiring curiosity, stewardship, and action. Now it’s time to celebrate what this community has built ...

State Route 12 cut to the horizon line of Solano County. Somewhere out of sight lay the small town of Rio Vista and the Delta. But about an hour northeast of San Francisco, midway through southern ...

A crow funeral can happen at any time. Farmers bear witness after shooting unwanted crows in their fields. Powerline workers see them should an unlucky bird zap itself and drop. Occasionally, the ...

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 ...