California system keeps an eye out for wildlife illness
A new surveillance system in California may help identify unusual patterns of wildlife illness and death as they unfold by tapping into data from wildlife ...
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Cascades frogs in California are genetically distinct
Imperiled cascades frogs in California may need to be managed as a distinct population at the southern end of the species’ range. “We know they’ve blinked out ...
As the climate changes, are monarchs changing, too?
The western monarch butterfly population has been decreasing on its usual breeding grounds throughout the West. Last winter, overwintering numbers were the lowest ...
Flexible bees fare better
Bee species that can easily change their pollination behavior have a better chance of survival in an area of California that’s under stress from agriculture and ...
Tahoe bears carrying unknown disease exhibit fearlessness
A new disease is causing strange behavior in young black bears in California and Nevada. Videos and other reports have appeared around Lake Tahoe and in California ...
Condors to soar over Pacific Northwest again
The California condor will return to the Pacific Northwest for the first time in a century. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service and the Yurok ...
Watch: Condor lays an egg in tree scorched by Dolan Fire
A female condor in a redwood forest burned in last year’s devastating Dolan Fire has laid an egg in the top of a charred redwood tree, offering hope for the ...
Puma presence impacts tree growth
Veronica Yovovich had always been curious about the shape of plants around her school campus. Many of the bay laurels close to the University of California, Santa ...
Toxic chemicals linked to sea lion cancer
Researchers believe a cancer that has killed sea lions in California for years is linked to toxic chemicals in the water. After two decades of research, scientists ...
JWM: Researchers find unexpected sea otter hotspots
As central California sea otters recover from past centuries of overharvesting, they’re gradually expanding into areas they historically occupied. By ...