Long before it became the Kern River Parkway Nature Center, the old adobe building on the east side of Hart Park was often called the Peacock House. That's because non-native peacocks were brought ...

Ironically, the Hart Park Nature Center was hosting an educational program on birds when the news of the injured owl arrived, said Bill Cooper, who was instrumental in saving Hart Park's old adobe ...

Once the $2 million nature center fully opens in late April, the elevated 4,200-square-foot building will be a hub for people using the park's trails and learning about its ecology, which ...