Associated Press The Biden administration said last week it will significantly expand efforts to stave off catastrophic wildfires that have torched areas of the U.S. West by

Smithsonian Magazine In the early 1870s, the Golden State’s citrus industry faced a lethal threat. The solution would herald a new kind of pest control.

San Diego Union-Tribune / Daily Press A sea lion made its way to a highway interchange east of downtown San Diego last week — a fairly long

Government Executive The Biden administration recently unveiled its guidelines for policies agencies should implement to protect the work of their scientists from undue interference, calling for robust

Phys.org Scientists tracking two local mountain lion populations, one in the Santa Monica Mountains and another in the Santa Ana, have identified the first reproductive signs of

Redding Record-Searchlight Three bear cubs, a bobcat, and a pig rescued from Northern California fires in 2021 went safely home or will soon be released. The bobcat,

Monterey Herald Two years into a viral pandemic that is plaguing humankind, West Coast scientists are hailing a different kind of virus, one that is helping to

Associated Press / KTLA Mountain lions, eagles, salamanders, and other protected animals will have room to roam without the threat of encroaching development thanks to a vast

The Sacramento Bee (tiered subscription Amid a brutal heat wave and a worsening drought, California’s wildlife agency made a dire prediction in July: “Nearly all” of an

North Bay Business Journal Like users of lawnmowers and gas leaf blowers, working boat captains, excursion operators, and fishermen will be asked to get on board with