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Vomiting bumblebees show that sweeter is not necessarily better
A new study using bumblebees has found that the sweetest nectar is not necessarily the best: too much sugar slows down the bees.
Urgent Action to Protect California Spotted Owls Recommended by Wildlife Biologists
In the Pacific Northwest, the range expansion of Barred Owls has contributed to a conservation crisis for Northern Spotted Owls, which are being displaced from their old-growth forest habitat.
California’s trees could shift as global warming forces birds to move out
Song surveys show that species key to spreading seeds are shuffling up and down the mountain.
California Condor
Although it can be found in several southwestern states and in Mexico, the California Condor is a distinct part of California’s natural heritage
Over a million snow geese have arrived in California: How you can see them
And for the past 20 years, there’s been Chico’s Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway celebrating the birds’ landing.
A Transformative Deal for Nature
Like the 2015 Paris climate accord, this new agreement could mark a turning point in how we manage our relationship to nature.
2019 Was the Second Hottest Year on Record, NASA Says
According to NOAA’s temperature report, 2019 was also the 43rd year in a row that saw above-average global land and ocean temperatures.
Aphid-munching beetle could help save hemlock forests
An introduced beetle that eats the eggs of the hemlock woolly adelgid is showing promise.
Officials propose California butterfly for threatened list
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed adding a California butterfly to the list of threatened species, officials said.
Travis Longcore in Financial Times: How Light Pollution Affects the Lives of Garden Creatures
Travis Longcore, associate adjunct professor at UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, has been working on the impact of artificial light on ecology since the turn of the century.