Many people, including Doug McConnell himself, would say he led a charmed life. And he did, but it came to a close in January ...

The parrots of San Francisco have ancestors from two species that hail from two completely separate parts of South America.

Invasive Golden Mussels Upend Life in the Delta One year after the discovery that golden mussels had invaded the Delta, thick colonies coat boats and piers and threaten water supplies for cities and ...

The San Francisco Bay Area is home to thousands of insect species, from ladybugs overwintering in your walls to hawk moths mistaken for hummingbirds to glowworms lighting up East Bay hillsides after ...

The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most biodiverse regions in North America, home to hundreds of bird species, rare mammals, and wildlife found nowhere else on earth. Bay Nature has been ...

To celebrate our 25th anniversary, we compiled the definitive guide to Bay Area hiking, from beginner-friendly walks to multi-day backcountry routes. In partnership with AllTrails. Bay Nature’s events ...

Pastures are visible from a derelict milking barn at the historic D Ranch, founded in 1870 and abandoned after the creation of Point Reyes National Seashore. There’s an ambitious plan to restore these ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...