EUREKA, Calif.—In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity and allies, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed today to protect the Lassics lupine under the Endangered ...

One Cal Poly Humboldt graduate student is working with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, California Native Plant Society and U.S. Forest Service to help save an endangered plant species from ...

Since passage of the Endangered Species Act 50 years ago, more than 1,700 plants, mammals, fish, insects and other species in the U.S. have been listed as threatened or endangered with extinction.

During the depths of California’s latest drought, much of the Golden State was brown. But hidden beneath the parched, cracked — and sometimes charred — earth, life was waiting to emerge.

"Please don't buy or plant these species," the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) says on its website. "They may escape our fences, invade our natural areas, and degrade our ...

A new species of eel-like fish has been uncovered in the rivers of California. A University of California, Davis study published in the North American Journal of Fisheries Management found two new ...

Why is Pinnacles National Park famous? Pinnacles is known for its namesake rock spires, wildflowers and wildlife, particularly California condors. “They were a bird that was on the brink of ...