How to Recognize Spiders By their Webs - Bay Nature Magazine
Sep 29, 2015 · Alison Hawkes was a Bay Nature editor from 2011-2017. Before Bay Nature she worked in journalism for more than a decade as a former newspaper reporter turned radio producer turned web editor with each rendition bringing her closer to her dream of covering environmental issues.
The Enduring Mystery of Oak Tree "Mast" Years - Bay Nature
Jul 5, 2022 · Variability is only half of masting behavior; the other half is synchrony. If individual trees bore variable acorn crops but asynchronously with each other, the overall number of acorns available might remain constant from year to year, allowing mobile predators like birds to find productive trees and never suffer the cost of a lean year.
Bay Nature: What Is El Nino, Why Is it Called That, and What Does …
Sep 15, 2015 · El Niño: Beyond the Hype Bay Nature goes beyond the headlines to explore what the strongest El Niño in recorded history might mean — or not — for Northern California.. This series has been funded by donations from Bay Nature readers. Please help us by sharing our work, or donate today to support our mission to explore the natural world of the Bay Area.
How Do You Tell California Squirrels Apart? - Bay Nature
May 28, 2019 · In contrast, the introduced eastern gray and eastern fox squirrel thrive in human-dominated landscapes like city parks, suburban backyards and attics, and nut orchards, and are very familiar sights (and often, pests) to most Californians.
Photosynthesis in Leaves That Aren’t Green - Bay Nature
Jul 1, 2008 · Q: How does photosynthesis occur in plants that are not obviously green, such as ornamental plum trees with deep purple-colored leaves? [Paul, Santa Cruz] A: Photosynthesis (which literally means “light put together”) is that very …
The Celebrated Joaquín Murieta - Bay Nature
Sep 22, 2021 · Like many California botanists, Bartosh was drawn early in his career to the inner coast range, a rugged mixing zone down the center of the state where desert flowers bloom within a few miles of altitude-loving incense cedars and rare plants seemingly plucked from the lush forests 200 miles to the north.
ENature.com Website Launch
Apr 1, 2002 · If you haven’t checked out eNature.com, now’s the time. The website has been acquired by the National Wildlife Federation and offers a tremendous resource and tools for exploring Bay Area nature. Local-Guides on the site provide you with a …
Why do Pacific Salmon Die After Spawning? - Bay Nature
Nov 21, 2013 · The upriver salmon run is one of nature’s great migrations. But why after spawning just once do Pacific salmon die?
Bay Nature: The Bizarre World of the Banana Slug
Sep 30, 2018 · Pick an eye. The banana slug has two sets of tentacles. Like almost all air-breathing gastropods, it has two small eye spots at the top of the upper tentacles, which can move independently to scan for danger.
What’s It Like Inside a Woodrat Nest? - Bay Nature
Jan 3, 2021 · Woodrats, pack rats, and trade rats are all common names for the same remarkable rodent genus, Neotoma.Our local species, the dusky-footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes), has a nice multicolor coat—unlike the nasty nonnative Norway and black rats, all too common in urban areas.It’s also extremely cute, with big Mickey Mouse ears and a lovely, lightly fuzzy tail.