a retired lead scientist for the California Department of Water Resources who doesn’t currently work at the lab but has been involved with efforts to safeguard smelt since the 1990s. “There are still ...

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As the Trump administration cuts federal health agencies, researchers say bird flu could be further reaching than we know.

The fox was released in Orange County this past Sunday, not far from where he was originally found during the Airport Fire ...

3 — Release of Draft State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) 2025, for tribal, external partner, and public review and comment. The ...

Cupertino photographer Jean Zuo earned top honors in a contest sponsored by California Watchable Wildlife (CAWW), Sierra ...

On the flight, the couple were talking about hunting while seated behind the two officers, who were not in uniform, the wildlife department said.

A driver for a local industrial services business illegally dumped 150 galls of petroleum-contaminated wastewater into a ...

Authorities found two stuffed mountain lions and one stuffed wolverine at a Napa County man’s home after his family members ...

The juvenile fish recently hatched from eggs that scientists deposited in the gravelly riverbed of the North Yuba River last ...

From ducks and cranes to giant garter snakes and salmon, flooded rice fields in California’s Central Valley offer important — often vital — habitat to many wildlife species. Yet uncertainties ...

The governor vowed to clear the way for more groundwater recharge. Has it worked? “We’re still tinkering around with small ...