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Southern Pacific rattlesnake | Photo: acorbit, some rights reserved
The good news: there are no rattlesnakes in the Baldwin Hills. The bad news: there are no rattlesnakes in the Baldwin Hills.
Wolf #10 just before release into Yellowstone National Park, 1995 | Photo: Jim Peaco/NPS
Never doubt that a single individual can change the world. Chad McKittrick did, but he made things worse.
A cormorant stretches its wings with the Space Needle in the background. | Photo: Curtiss Cronn, some rights reserved
A city known for its coffee and emerald forests is now a sanctuary for resident and migrating birds.
A red-spotted toad in the northeastern Mojave | Photo: Bryant Olsen, some rights reserved
Cadiz, Inc. says its plan to sell Mojave Desert groundwater won't hurt Bonanza Spring. Others aren't so sure.  
Jaguar | Photo: Eric Kilby, some rights reserved
We have featured six Endangered Species threatened by the proposed Border Wall. There are a lot more.
Snowy Plover | Photo: Steve Berardi, some rights reserved
20th Century engineers turned L.A. County beaches into expanses of barren sand. Now, ecologists are working to change that.
Snowy Egret
While there are still some places in SoCal where you can visit birds in captivity, here are five great places where you’re guaranteed to see some feathered flocks out in the wild.
P-55 in temporary confinement | Photo: National Park Service
The newly discovered male lions are in good shape. They'll need to be.
Townsend's big eared bat, one of the species found with the white nose fungus in Texas | Photo: Ann Froschauer, USFWS
The bat-killing fungus has now been confirmed in 33 states.
Anacapa Island
This is a special time of year for the seagulls on Anacapa Island, the largest breeding ground for the Western gull in the Western U.S. The blooming wildflowers on the island make for a romantic setting for mating season.
Clownfish on the Great Barrier Reef | Photo: GreensMPs
Choices you make from which fish goes on your plate to where you go on vacation can harm coral reefs. Or help them.
Aplodontia rufa, the mountain beaver | Photo: Jacob Kirkland, some rights reserved
Some California wildlife is abundant and easy to see. And then there are these critters.
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