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I have some questions about how Wild Shape works.
1. I keep hearing it said "your gear melds into your animal form." Neither Wild Shape nor the Beast Shape spell say anything about this happening. Is it a holdover from 3.5? Does it still happen in PF?
2. I also can't find any info on gaining natural attacks. Combined with the absence of any mention of where your gear goes, does this mean a druid with a scythe is still wielding the scythe when she wild shapes?
Back in 3.5 you literally turned into the animal, and your ability scores were entirely replaced with that of the animal. That's no longer the case-- now you get bonuses to certain scores. Do you still "turn into" the animal? I'm getting a mental image of a druid taking on a "hybrid form"- she's still bipedal, wearing her armor, and carrying her weapon, but now she has the strength of a bear and her head has been replaced with a bear's head, for example.
Can anyone clear this up?
I think this should help. Most of the rules you are talking about are Polymorph rules.
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic#TOC-Transmutation-Polymorph
I think Satchmo has you covered with that link. The key to making that logical jump as simply that class feature Wild Shape functions as the spell Beast Shape "except were noted to be different." Those spells are, of course, of the polymorph sub-school.
So (1) yes, your gear melds into your body, and (2) you do gain natural attacks based on the form you have changed into.
It's not a hybrid form, it is definitely stated as a full change.