CalMatters reports that dancers believe AI can't replicate their craft's emotional and cultural depth, despite recent ...

I don’t see mockingbirds in my garden, but there’s one that greets me around the corner where it lives in the thicket of cotoneaster, pyracantha, ivy and echium. It likely has cozy nesting spots in ...

Scientists on a research vessel off the central California coast spotted a waved albatross, marking just the second recorded ...

Birds are experiencing “dramatic declines” across the Bay Area and California, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by ...

A blue-gray gnatcatcher flits from branch to branch. Greg Miller, Jon Dunn and Bettina Eastman led a birding stroll on the Morro Bay State Park Marina Boardwalk as part of the Morro Bay Bird Festival ...

California’s diverse climate and sprawling urban areas have made the western state an unexpected hotspot for non-native reptiles. A growing number of lizards, snakes, and turtles from other parts of ...

In truth, it is not a paradox. The animals involved all seem perfectly eager participants in heterosexual behaviour, as well, so their reproduction is not compromised. It is, though, a puzzle—for ...

As with other reptiles, the beautiful but invasive Jackson’s chameleon may potentially transmit Salmonella bacteria. California’s diverse climate and sprawling urban areas have made the western state ...

Unusually cold weather did not deter volunteers from capturing a snapshot of Windsor-Essex’s aerial wildlife during the annual Christmas bird count. The half dozen bird counts across the region ...

California Academy of Sciences researchers and collaborators described 72 new-to-science species in 2025, including a bird, fish, plants, sea slugs, and insects found across six continents, from ocean ...