So fun! It was a treat to poke around the fire trails for all things tiny and eight-legged. We saw turret spiders’ holes, crab spiders, and many others. And finally, at the very end of the hike we saw ...

As the events program expanded this year, we got out all over the Bay Area, bringing Bay Nature stories to life.

Rocky outcroppings and serpentine barrens in the southern Diablo Range, near San Benito Mountain. Joaquín Murieta, both literary hero and historical figure, thrived in California’s rugged Inner Coast ...

A badger and its mound, at Point Reyes National Seashore. (Vishal Subramanyan) A badger and its mound, at Point Reyes National Seashore. (Vishal Subramanyan) In late November, I was sitting in my ...

Winnemem Wintu Chief Caleen Sisk conducts a blessing ceremony at the confluence of Cow Creek and the Sacramento River during Run4Salmon. Sisk envisions a volitional fish passage up Cow Creek, which ...

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 ...

Spiders — and their webs — hold a special place in our cultural mythology. Tattered webbing is a feature of any horror flick, an icon of the evil that is lurking about with the spiders themselves ...

Brown pelicans flock at Bolinas Lagoon, a wetland of international significance. (William Legge) If you drive up Highway One some 15 curvy miles north of the Golden Gate, through the coastal village ...