Wildlife and Nature

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (191+ words) The Environment American Research and Policy Center are looking for volunteers for a project aimed at protecting wildlife movement. Cinthia Pimentel explains how you can help. It focuses on wildlife crossings, the overpasses and underpasses that help ensure that wildlife…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (287+ words) According to KRON4, the fishhook caught on the light fixture and left the gull stranded well above the pavement until firefighters arrived. Once freed, the bird was handed off to a Napa County Sheriff's Office animal control officer, who transported it…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (587+ words) Four common dolphins are pictured live stranded at Cuesta Inlet in Morro Bay, Calif., at low tide on Sept. 29, 2026. One dolphin died, and others became stranded while swimming in Morro Bay on Tuesday. The common dolphins were swimming at Cuesta…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (315+ words) FILE: This remote camera image from the U.S. Forest Service on June 29, 2017, shows a female gray wolf and two pups born in Lassen National Forest. California had a boom of gray wolf pups this year. In 2026, the state’s gray wolves had…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (277+ words) A wild green parrot turned a San Francisco construction site into an unlikely rescue scene on Aug. 30 after getting its head stuck in a third-floor balcony railing. The ending was even more memorable — after firefighters freed the bird, a nearby…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (334+ words) One of the most popular dirt roads in giant Death Valley National Park will close to the public for over six months, the National Park Service announced on Monday. A car drives down Titus Canyon Road in Death Valley National…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (434+ words) A Capitola woman says she fought off a sea lion that attacked her on Tuesday. The incident happened around 8 a.m. between Capitola Warf and Privates Beach by Pleasure Point. A video captured via a streaming camera on the website Surfline shows…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (242+ words) State wildlife officials believe the mussels were introduced by a ship traveling from an international port, per the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, as cited in the CBS News report. Golden mussels were first detected in North America at…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (135+ words) A mountain lion was tranquilized and captured in San Francisco's Sunset District on Friday, according to wildlife officials. Video from sister station KCRA viewer Pauline Tom shows wildlife officials removing the sedated animal. Officials confirmed the mountain lion was not…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1411+ words) From left to right: Brett Furnas, a senior environmental scientist supervisor with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife; Bill Miller, a California State Parks environmental scientist; Grace Bottomley, an undergraduate lab intern at UC Davis; lab assistant Emily Dang…...