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Most wildlife and fisheries biologists working in California will encounter the California Environmental Quality Act at some point in their careers — either through assisting with the preparation of a...

The Wildlife Society’s sections, chapters and working groups hold meetings and workshops throughout the year. The following meeting is currently scheduled in December: December 12-14: California North Coast Chapter of...

A deadly snake fungal disease has officially spread into California — the farthest west of any detection yet, according to a recent bulletin from the state Department of Fish and...

After a track record of wildlife crossing success in Nevada, former critics of the expensive structures built to keep animals off dangerous highways have become more supportive. While building these...

Predators like coyotes and bobcats may actively use underpasses to ambush prey species seeking safe passage under highways. Preliminary camera research on wildlife populations in the Hallelujah Junction Wildlife Area...

Over 300 people gathered in Reno last week for a discussion of wild horses and their impact on the environment. The program featured a showing of Horse Rich and Dirt...

California is battling another season of catastrophic wildfires, but before European colonization, the Yurok tribe used quieter, controlled burning to shape the landscape and the wildlife that occupied it. “We...

With help from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, threatened southern sea otters have made a comeback in Elkhorn Slough, an estuary in Central California. A recent study looking at how the...

Two closely related species — Allen’s (Selasphorus sasin) and rufous hummingbirds (S. rufus) — are interbreeding in a newly discovered hybrid zone spanning from Northern California to southern Oregon. Around 2013...

Elephant seals have had a spectacular journey from the brink of extinction, and they may owe it to a group of “supermoms” responsible for most of the reproduction. In a...