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The Future for Birds

Two-thirds of North American birds are at increasing risk of extinction.

Crucial O.C. wildlife corridor hits a freeway roadblock

Coastal bobcat and fox survival could depend on a better path for getting to the other side of Interstate 5.

1 billion birds en route to California

The greatest aerial show on Earth, the migration of 1 billion birds on the Pacific Flyway to California, is a full go this week as early winter weather hits Canada.

On the California Coast, It’s Cattle Versus Elk

Point Reyes National Seashore is once again at the center of a heated debate

Scientists Implant False Memories into Bird Brains

And they learn new songs.

Perennial bunchgrasses liven up home and garden in the fall

The smallest sprouts show there is really no death

Broken Yellowstone wolf teeth reveal a theory about ice age extinctions

The theory is based on cracked and broken wolf teeth and the number of prey animals available to the predators, along with how much of their kills the predators consume.

Healthy soils are the basis for healthy food production

In the past 50 years, advances in agricultural technology led to a quantum leap in food production and bolstered world food security. However, in many countries, this intensive crop production has depleted the soil.

To survive global warming, Mojave Desert birds will need a lot more water — and they probably won’t get it

Bird populations in the Mojave Desert have collapsed over the last century, and now scientists say they know why: The animals’ bodies can’t cope with the hotter and drier weather brought on by global warming.

The biggest likely source of microplastics in California coastal waters? Our car tires

A team of researchers set off to create an inventory of sorts to identify all the ways these different microplastics were getting into San Francisco Bay.