1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (403+ words) If you really want to get your head around a Mavericks wave'how it became such a behemoth, and what it means to the living things that encounter it'you have to start with the rocks. Get Bay Nature's Free Weekly Newsletter…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (841+ words) On a waterlogged highway, cars drive into the sea. Truck cabs and bus windows poke up above the waves; sedans are fully submerged, burbling through the water like schooling fish." Now one piece of the fix is ready to break…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (328+ words) After 14 months in snowy, suburban Connecticut, I made my way back home to the Bay Area. Being born and raised in Oakland, my wife and I drove from the eastern end of the country to the furthest west we could…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (127+ words) People often wrap themselves in a hug and shiver when I tell them I swim in the San Francisco Bay without a wetsuit in winter. Yes, it's cold, but that's the pleasure of it'my mood rises as the temperature drops....

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (191+ words) Nearly a dozen chinook salmon have swum the 12 miles upstream from the San Francisco Bay through Alameda Creek into Niles Canyon'likely the first salmon to spawn there in 30 years, according to Jeff Miller, founder of the Alameda Creek Alliance." Claire…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (257+ words) Independent, nonprofit environmental journalism connecting people with nature in the San Francisco Bay Area. Learn More " Nearly a dozen chinook salmon have swum the 12 miles upstream from the San Francisco Bay through Alameda Creek into Niles Canyon'likely the first salmon…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1470+ words) Journalism and events connecting people with nature in the San Francisco Bay Area. The key thing is that unlike seawalls or levees, living shorelines can move. As seas rise, oysters, eelgrass, and other biological elements have the potential to migrate…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (915+ words) Lifelong San Jos" resident Apollo-Genesis Braddock-Layton has fished the Pacific Coast's shore for as long as he can remember'catching horseshoe crabs, smelt, and stingrays while listening to his grandfather's stories of fishing in the Philippines. "That's how he had to…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (209+ words) Most local annuals and perennials grow and breed in spring and early summer when times are good and water is abundant. Not these weirdos. It's summer and it's dry. You can't remember the last time it rained. The warm wind…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (430+ words) For nature lovers seeking a challenge, finding a rare snake is deeply rewarding. "Snake hunting is the new birdwatching," says one expert. On any Bay Area hike, snakes are likely closer than you realize. They lurk in gopher tunnels, hide…...