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Whether they're native to California or some other place, animals deserve to be treated with compassion and respect. Sadly, that doesn't always happen. And that's why animal sanctuaries exist: to give animals who are neglected or mistreated a chance to...
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California's only native species of freshwater turtle may actually be two species, according to herpetologists who've just published new work on the animal's genetic makeup, with a possible third species south of the border.
Who's your daddy? OR-7, probably. Wolf cubs in southern Oregon
It's a big day for gray wolves that might deign to visit California: the species has just been listed as Endangered under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA), and there may be half a dozen wolf cubs in southern Oregon waiting to take advantage...
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed as Threatened a low-growing wildflower known from just 16 scattered populations on the east side of the Sierra Nevada.
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A company that sells rodent poisons that have been implicated in the deaths of a wide range of wildlife is agreeing to remove some of those products from the over-the-counter market, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday.
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We pride ourselves on hard-hitting analysis of wildlife issues here at ReWild, but sometimes a person just has to kick back and gawp over cute zoo babies.
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A year after the completion of a controversial restoration project that divided Los Angeles environmentalists, California State Parks says a fish species missing for decades has been spotted in the Malibu Lagoon.
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The April stats are in for reported bird deaths at the Ivanpah solar power plant in the California desert.
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A bill that would have phased out the use of drift gillnets off the California coast died in committee last month in the state Assembly, but a federal agency is taking emergency action.
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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife wants the public to redouble efforts to bear-proof food and trash, whether backpacking or at home.
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A agency that represents 22 irrigation districts and other water providers in the Central Valley is asking a judge to block the U.S. government from releasing water to benefit other water users, including wildlife refuges.
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Mono Lake is being seriously affected by the ongoing drought, with water levels dropped so far that any further decline will force LADWP to drastically reduce water exports from the Mono Basin.
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