Grant funding from BIL and IRA, Biden’s signature climate laws, has been frozen. “We’re in a biodiversity meltdown,” says butterfly scientist Stu Weiss. “We don’t have time for these kinds of delays.” ...

During the Bay Area’s damp winters, we can’t afford to be fair-weather hikers. Fortunately, some hikes in the Bay Area are ...

Restoration dollars from the IRA mark the latest chapter in stewardship across the Cosumnes River watershed, where sandhill ...

In 1941, two UC Berkeley graduate students recorded 31 species living in a mussel bed on Dillon Beach. In 2019, PhD candidate ...

From Santa Cruz through Humboldt County, find the fetid adder’s-tongue in the moist, shady understories of redwood forests or ...

In the shallows of south Lake Tahoe, diver Brandon Berry is slurping up clouds of algae with an underwater vacuum cleaner. Snorkeling above, I can hear his Darth Vader breaths better than I can see ...

The Mission blue butterfly takes its name from San Francisco — the original population was discovered on Twin Peaks, at the time considered part of the Mission — and is the city’s only endangered ...

Once, not so long ago, there lived a fish in the Galapagos Islands. Its name was Azurina eupalama, the Galapagos damsel; it was not particularly different from any other small rocky reef fish.

Grass Pulling = “I threaten you!” Silent Squat = “I am actively ignoring you.” Choking = “We want this place.” Head Toss = “Regurgitate food for me.” Welcome to western gull (Larus occidentalis) speak ...

An era sunsets Tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes) were driven nearly to extinction, then reintroduced to Point Reyes by the National Park Service in 1978. The largest herd, fenced in to protect ...

Since 2011, Bay Nature Institute has been honoring remarkable local conservation and nature leaders and activists at our annual Local Hero Awards. We recognize these heroes and their organizations in ...