Why do gray whales and other marine species visit San Francisco Bay?
Sausalito, California — When Bill Keener began working at the Marine Mammal Center as a field biologist in the 1970s,…
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How Los Olivos winemaker Âmevive is redefining grape growing. Will others follow suit?
In the pastoral patchwork of vineyards west of Highway 154, winemaker Alice Anderson and her partner, Topher De Felice, cultivate…
Wildlife crossing proposed for Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains
People see highways as a way to get from point A to point B, but for the animals that live…
Bird flu is a real threat. Here is a way to lower it.
If the last two years are any indication, bird flu isn't just for birds. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known…
A 26 kilo rabbit is rescued on a Santa Cruz highway
In the dead of night, a construction crew working along a Santa Cruz highway this week discovered a large rabbit…
Do our dogs and cats go undetected by bird flu?
Some epidemiologists, food safety experts and veterinarians are concerned that pets could be a potential springboard for H5N1 bird flu…
Editorial: Walmart has not stopped suppliers from caging pregnant sows
For most pregnant sows on large U.S. factory farms, every four months of gestation takes place in a tiny cage.…
Baby cougar roaming Thousand Oaks? The authorities say: it's a cat.
Neighbors along the Los Padres Trail in Ventura County were convinced they saw a baby cougar on their security cameras…
A bear named 'Oreo' takes the homonymous cookies from his home in Monrovia
Whether bears, coyotes or mountain lions, in many of Los Angeles's foothill communities there is a sense that something wild…
An attempt to bring wolverines back to California fails
Those who want wolverines reintroduced to California suffered a setback this week. Proposed legislation to explore what it would take…