You know it’s a big and important bird festival when you stroll through the exhibit hall and see other bird festivals hosting ...

In the forests of the Sierra Nevada, the black-backed woodpecker is without parallel. The bird appears almost born of fire, thriving on the flames that flicker through California’s coniferous forests ...

Volunteers with San Diego Bird Alliance and San Diego Gas & Electric clean up Mariners Point to prepare for the arrival of an endangered California bird species on Saturday, March 15, 2025 in San ...

MALIBU — An endangered California bird species is nesting in the Malibu Lagoon for the first time in decades. The state Department of Parks and Recreation says it's the first documented nesting of ...

California’s diverse climate and sprawling urban areas have made the western state an unexpected hotspot for non-native reptiles. A growing number of lizards, snakes, and turtles from other parts of ...

California condors are nesting in the Pacific Northwest for the first time in 100 years, a direct result of a reintroduction ...

Across several national parks in the Sierra Nevada, researchers found that the populations of some bird species grew rapidly after fires and remained higher even decades later. Scientists already knew ...

Long-term research in California shows that many bird populations increase after wildfires and can remain more abundant in burned areas for decades, especially following moderate fires. Although some ...