Environmental News

A curated set of environmental news stories brought to you by the Gottlieb Native Garden team.

10 Amazing Rescues of Sick, Injured, and Abandoned Birds

Like any other animal, birds face so many manmade threats in addition to natural ones such as being rejected, injured, or affected by the elements. 

North Bay photographers’ new book captures diversity of native flowers, encourages conservation

California is particularly fertile ground for wildflowers. The golden poppy is the official state flower.  Because of its size and vast diversity of climate and geography, from mountains and deserts to ocean and forests, California has more native plant species than any state in the union. Due to their captivating charm, the state’s wildflowers can serve as ambassadors of the natural world and call attention to environmental threats of all kinds.

Building Pollinator Habitat in Towns and Cities: California Region

Join Jessa Kay Cruz, Senior Pollinator Conservation Specialist, as she takes a closer look at the needs of pollinators in the California Region. Learn what plants pollinators need, how to provide nesting habitat, and what steps you can take to make change in your city.

To quiet your mind, listen to the birds

Hearing birds singing, and sometimes perceiving high biodiversity, may increase people’s well-being.

UCLA professors win $956,000 award to tackle rising heat in Los Angeles communities

A team of 10 UCLA professors has earned a $956,000 award for a project that will combine their expertise in engineering, urban planning, public health and environmental law to address the rapid increase in the number of extreme heat days in Los Angeles.

Bees of the Eastern Forests

People generally think of bees as creatures of open habitats, frequenting places with sunlight and plenty of flowers. And in general, that’s probably true. But shouldn’t there be some bee species that specialize on forest habitat? 

Cover Crops, Herbs, and Cut Flowers for Pollination and Pest Management

Join this webinar as experts discuss which cover crops, herbs, and cut flowers best support pollinators, predators, parasitoids, and have extra value for culinary or ornamental use. 

Eurasian eagle owl diet reveals new records of threatened big-bellied glandular bush-crickets

Bird diets provide a real treasure for research into the distribution and conservation of their prey, conclude scientists after studying the Eurasian Eagle Owl in southeastern Bulgaria.

Could feeding your dog bugs save the planet?

Animal agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to climate change. If America’s 163+ million dogs and cats were their own country, they’d rank fifth in worldwide meat consumption, according to a 2017 study by Gregory S. Okin, a professor at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. 

Wishtoyo’s Chumash Village

Wishtoyo’s Chumash Village is a unique and authentic re-creation of a working Native American village on a four-acre historical site at Nicholas Canyon County Beach in Malibu, on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It is the only living Chumash cultural village of its kind in Southern California.