Leatherwood blooms as early as November, but typically January to March. Flowers usually appear before the leaves, making the ...

How five proposed Trump Administration changes threaten protections for struggling species in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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A creek for all: Children play at Sausal Creek in October 2025. This was a local dump, years ago. Amir Aziz / Bay Nature When Bay Nature was born 25 years ago, the greater Bay Area stood at a tipping ...

Here to stay? Mats of Eurasian watermilfoil clog waterways in the Tahoe Keys, on Lake Tahoe’s south side. It can regrow from a wisp. (Sonya Bennett-Brandt) In the shallows of south Lake Tahoe, diver ...

Lupines bloom on the Adler Ranch in Big Sur, which Western Rivers Conservancy acquired and gave to the Esselen Tribe of Monterey County nonprofit in 2020. (Photo by Doug Steakley, courtesy Western ...

Tech billionaires are fighting for their proposed 400,000-person city in Solano County. At least 21 imperiled species depend on the ecosystems where the new city could be built.

Amah Mutsun Native Stewardship Corps member Abran Lopez chops down nonnative hemlock at Quiroste Valley Cultural Preserve to allow for the return of native plants such as coast tarplant. (Photo by ...

It’s a cool February morning in the San Francisco Bay Area’s Coastal Range. The air smells fresh and mulchy thanks to the recent rain. As you meander down the trail, a persistent tapping sound drifts ...

Examining the human-engineered oyster substrate at Giant Marsh during a low tide in May 2025. (Sonya Bennett Brandt) This piece was originally published in KneeDeep Times, a digital magazine featuring ...

The Pan American Highway runs through the Sechura Desert in Peru, one of the driest places on Earth -- except when El Niño arrives. (Photo by A. Duarte, Flickr Creative Commons) A low-hanging, densely ...

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 ...