The elusive Northern Spotted Owl. The majestic Whooping Crane. Charismatic Florida panthers and beloved Monarch butterflies.

From huge, lanky Megalonyx sloth remnants and extinct bear and camel species bones to fossilized ... district paleontologist for California State Parks, inside the Stout Paleontology Laboratory ...

The new packs, each led by a mated pair, have delighted conservationists but worry ranchers, whose cattle have fallen prey to ...

Though Carmel-by-the-Sea is California’s best summer beach town ... The preserve supports rare and endangered plants and wildlife, such as the Black Legless Lizard, Tidestrom’s Lupine, and ...

It turns out that the once-abundant grizzly bears were mostly vegetarian and only occasionally indulged in livestock after European colonizers and American settlers began farming in California ...

and was listed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife as a “critically imperiled subspecies,” meaning it was at risk of becoming extinct. The Santa Cruz kangaroo rat, which is ...

SACRAMENTO -- Are state and federal water pumps killing critically endangered fish species ... divert water from the delta to other California communities in the southern part of the state.

"With critically endangered species, including California condors, this is common practice to ensure the safety of the egg," the wildlife alliance said. Over the next couple of weeks, wildlife ...

The animals are also vulnerable to a range of deadly diseases such as upper respiratory illnesses and the shell disease cutaneous dyskeratosis, which softens their shells. Finally, as climate ...

The California sea otter, once hunted to the edge of extinction, has staged a thrilling comeback in the last century. Now, a team of scientists has discovered that the otters' success story has ...

From huge, lanky Megalonyx sloth remnants and extinct bear and camel species bones to fossilized ... They do everything," said Lyn Murray, the California parks district paleontologist overseeing ...