Geographical Location: Western

December 15, 2021

Group seeks to preserve California timberlands

A conservation group is gearing up to purchase a patch of Northern California timberlands to preserve the redwoods. Save the Redwoods League is working to raise $37 million to buy...

December 14, 2021

Chytrid disease found in two California salamanders

A deadly chytrid disease has been found for the first time in two California salamander species. The fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis or Bd, was found to cause widespread disease in arboreal...

December 10, 2021

Watch: Condor chick Iniko released back into the wild

A California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) that survived the devastating Dolan Fire as a chick has been released back into the wild after being cared for in captivity. Readers of The...

December 6, 2021

California oil spill cleanup nears completion

Cleanup is nearing completion after an oil spill off the coast of Southern California. An undersea pipeline leaked about 25,000 gallons of oil into the Pacific Ocean in early October....

December 1, 2021

Wolf’s massive California journey ends with vehicle strike

A wolf that journeyed from Oregon into Southern California has died after being struck by a vehicle. The male gray wolf (Canis lupus), known as OR93, was found dead in...

December 1, 2021

Endangered leopard lizards need suite of habitat features

Endangered leopard lizards in central California rely on habitat features created by another endangered species—giant kangaroo rats. Blunt-nosed leopard lizards (Gambelia sila) are only found in California’s San Joaquin Valley,...

November 29, 2021

Hawaiian monk seal dies from toxoplasmosis

A Hawaiian monk seal being treated for toxoplasmosis at a marine mammal hospital has died. The male was one of just four of Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi) to be...

November 18, 2021

California monarch numbers rebound

After a record low last winter, initial counts of western monarch butterflies in California this winter show the population is rebounding. Last winter, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation recorded...

November 15, 2021

The November issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management

The Journal of Wildlife Management is a benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published eight times annually, it is one of the world’s leading scientific journals covering wildlife science, management...

November 8, 2021

Illegal cannabis farms pose danger for at-risk wildlife

In 2015, biologists Greta Wengert and Mourad Gabriel were conducting necropsies on fishers—a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act at the time—to find out what was causing their...