SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - 6-year-old Ruby Schaupeter has a passion for sea creatures. "They have to live longer cuz there might be babies out there that might not be living very well," said Schaupeter.

Start the giving season off strong by donating to a local nonprofit organization in Santa Barbara County on #GivingTuesday, November 29th!. With your support these nonprofits can continue to ...

Tamur, a five-year-old male Amur leopard, is now at home at the Santa Barbara Zoo. (Courtesy photo) The Santa Barbara Zoo has introduced Tamur (pronounced ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The community enjoyed an opportunity to learn more about endangered birds at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. In addition to an bird ongoing exhibit, the Santa ...

As part of its monthly lecture’s series, the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum presents “All The Life We Cannot See: Marine Microbes and the Health of our Oceans” on Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 7:00 p.m ...

This year isn’t as bad for the Central Coast, but it’s not looking good. The current bloom has killed more than 200 animals in Santa Barbara County since February. CIMWI is getting at least 150 ...

UC Santa Barbara marine biologist Douglas McCauley has good news. “This is a solvable problem,” he says. He and his team have developed a solution for alerting ships to the presence of whales so they ...

The world’s most endangered marine mammal, a small porpoise called the vaquita, is hanging onto existence and appears to be benefiting from new conservation measures, according to the results of ...

Bycatch . Although the greatest historical threat to sea lions—intentional culling and hunting—has mostly ended, some animals are still killed accidentally in net fisheries. Commercial fishing ...

Mexico may reduce protection for the world's most endangered marine mammals, vaquita marina porpoises 07:18 A species at risk . Last year's report had raised hopes for the species, which lives ...

After 50 years, this landmark law has kept many species alive — but few wild populations have recovered enough to come off the “endangered” list.