Orphaned sea otter named 'Otter 805' settles into new home
A sea otter pup found stranded in Morro Bay Harbor when he was less than 2 weeks old has found a new home at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. Watch him play and settle in to his new home at the zoo.
Or is it a slow polka? It's spring and this male American woodcock, or timberdoodle, practices a dance as he's attempting to attract a mate at the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge in Maine.
Justin Dellinger, senior environmental scientist with Wildlife Investigations Laboratory at California Department of Fish and Wildlife, was working to drug, tag and collar a mountain lion in Modoc County when he got was the surprise of a lifetime.
Justin Dellinger, senior environmental scientist at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, gets a surprise when he tries to lower a drugged - but still slightly awake - mountain lion out of a tree in Modoc County.
A dolphin that washed ashore at Oceano Dunes on Monday, March 26, 2018, died as responders tried to save it. Here's video of the attempted rescue, led by Marine Mammal Center responders.
An infestation of nutria, an invasive swamp rodent, was recently found in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. See how to identify them and report sightings.
A mountain lion was spotted at Fort Hunter Liggett in Monterey County, California, in January 2018. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife helped get the animal to leave the area.
A barn owl injured during the Thomas Fire was fully rehabilitated and released by the Ojai Raptor Center in February 2018. Watch it take off into the wild!
The dust control plan for the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area from the California Coastal Commission is drawing opponents and proponents to meetings in SLO County.
Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery is the largest mainland rookery of its type in the world, and is home to more than 20,000 seals on the coast of California.
January is the middle of the birthing and mating season — the male elephant seals are usually at the Piedras Blancas rookery from December to March. Males fight for dominance and the right to breed with the female elephant seals, according to Frie
Piedras Blancas in San Simeon, California, is filled with elephant seals — so many you can barely see the sand in some places. Birthing and mating season lasts from December to January. This is when the pups are born and the adult males come to fi
California State Parks fenced off about 20 acres in the Oceano Dunes State Vehicle Recreation Area in January 2018 to add native plants in an effort to control dust.
California State Parks is working on a new long-term plan for programs, facilities, campgrounds and off-highway vehicle activities at the Oceano Dunes, the largest and busiest campground in the state, and the only state park that allows off-road v
Here's how the Oceano Dunes were "shaped and sculpted into what we see today." Ronnie Glick, a senior environmental scientist, explains this natural 'geologic wonder' in southern San Luis Obispo County.
