However, where the circle closes -- in the black zone on the map in Southern California -- the salamanders no longer interbreed successfully. The variation within a single species has produced ...

16, researchers from San Francisco State University and the University of California, Riverside published a paper in the academic journal PhytoKeys about the Arctostaphylos nipumu species of ...

and should be learned well as a reference point for less common species. The larger California (commonly occurs alongside the ring-billed in the west) is a 4-cycle gull with a stouter bill and ...

A California biologist discovered a new plant species in 2021 while on a nature walk in a small community on the Central Coast. Now, a housing development project in the area could jeopardize the ...

Over on the West Coast, California is doing its best to fend off hundreds of exotic pests, from mute swans to mudsnails. The list of invasive species wreaking havoc in California is alarmingly ...

With its wide mouth charmingly outlined in yellow, the California tiger salamander always looks like it's smiling. But this beautiful amphibian is a discriminating species that can only thrive in ...

With its wide mouth charmingly outlined in yellow, the California tiger salamander always looks like it's smiling. But this beautiful amphibian is a discriminating species that can only thrive in ...

California. The whales rely on Chinook salmon as their primary food source, but salmon populations are also endangered. A federally endangered species of killer whale was spotted in the Central ...

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service encourages the hunting of invasive species, but California regulations differ. California encourages hunting wild boar to minimize damage to native species and ...