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A new study of a small migratory bird that passes through California might offer a way to fine-tune our understanding of bird migration. And that's important, because migratory birds are in trouble across the continent.
The U.S. Forest Service has issued a tentative decision on its controversial plan to log tens of thousands of acres of forest burned in 2013's Rim Fire, and that decision will not please wildlife preservationists.
A federal agency started releasing more water from a reservoir Saturday in an effort to avoid another massive die-off of Chinook salmon in the Klamath River, but now a pair of powerful agricultural interests has gone to court to stop the release.
In a move that would have been nearly incomprehensible 20 years ago, environmental groups are asking the federal government to grant Endangered Species Act protection to a popular butterfly that was once one of North America's most common large insects.
When it comes to gauging environmental harm done by renewable energy development, "birds" is a nearly useless category.
As a guide to journalists and other readers who are struggling to come up to speed on the issue, we've compiled our reporting on burn injuries to birds at solar power plants into one handy, interactive post.
More than 250,000 acres of Sierra Nevada forest land burned in the 2013 Rim Fire is turning out to be pretty good habitat for California spotted owls, and a group of wildlife protection organizations is asking the U.S. Forest Service to rethink plans t...
One of California's rarest wildflowers is being added to the federal list of Endangered species this week, reports the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Whether it's a story of how a wild animal struggles to make a living, or how humans envision their relationship to that animal, the environmental realm is full of narratives. Now, a new tool developed by two graduate instructors at Stanford University...
A bill that would ban use of increasingly controversial rodent poisons in state parks and wildlife refuges is on its way to the Governor's desk after passing both houses of the California Legislature.
What can a high-paid DC PR rep for dirty energy industries do to stem the increasing tide of climate realism and clean energy sanity? One such group has hit on an answer: make fun of celebrities.
Every single U.S. electrical power plant that came online in July was renewable, according to the federal agency that regulates the nation's power grids.