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The environmental group Defenders of Wildlife is getting ready to sue BLM and USFWS over threats to the tortoise in the Ivanpah Valley.
A cluster of monarch butterflies at the Pismo Beach grove in December 2011. | Photo: Zach Behrens/KCET
The colorful insect has already arrived in large numbers to this San Luis Obispo County spot.
A sea otter off the coast of Morro Bay, CA.
A bill would exempt the Navy from environmental laws protecting California's sea otters.
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Ever wonder whether biologists' constant renaming of organisms has any actual importance in the real world? Ask the wrentit.
The Inyo California towhee.
An threatened bird found only at a few springs in the Mojave Desert may be removed from protection under the federal Endangered Species Act.
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An update about KCET's crowdfunding campaign for wildlife reporting.
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A mountain lion that was struck and killed near Agoura Hills underscores the threats to the survival of Santa Monica Mountains pumas.
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Sea stars are dying horribly along the Pacific Coast, and scientists aren't sure why.
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Endangered species news hardly ever comes with happy endings. Here's one.
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Exposure to rat poison may be the reason California's bobcats are dropping dead from a disease that once didn't slow them down at all.
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Bighorn in the Mojave National Preserve suffer an outbreak of pneumonia that has killed more than a hundred animals.
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A showy yellow wildflower found in the Lompoc area may be getting Federal protection as a result of a legal settlement.
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