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New website aims to gather all those camera trap mugs of wildlife
The Wildlife Insights platform will help analyze and share camera trap images.
More severe wildfires may decrease northern goshawk habitat
As wildfires become more intense and frequent in the western United States, northern goshawks may be losing important landscapes they rely on in California’s Plumas National Forest.
Meet 8 Trailblazers Who Are Changing the Climate Conversation
These leaders come from the grassroots and positions of power, from the left and the right, from arts and science, but they share one thing in common: the urgency of this moment.
Nature Notes: The importance of water for wildlife
A clean water source is important for wildlife.
Those Pigeons Wearing Cowboy Hats? They’re No Laughing Matter.
While the internet got a kick out of the latest meme, Mariah Hillman rushed to the scene to save the wild birds from danger or even death.
A warning from ancient tree rings: The Americas are prone to catastrophic, simultaneous droughts
By analyzing tree ring records, scientists have now found evidence that such tandem droughts are more than a coincidence:
Imperiled Yellow-legged Frogs Protected Under California’s Endangered Species Act
The California Fish and Game Commission today approved California Endangered Species Act protections for five of six populations of the foothill yellow-legged frog, a species that has disappeared from more than 50% of its historic habitat in the state.
Monarch and Pollinator Habitat Kits Designed to Support Imperiled Western Monarchs
These specially designed kits, geared towards large-scale projects, incorporate native milkweeds, nectar plants, and climate considerations.
Remembering my first Christmas Bird Count
On the 120th Anniversary, join an Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count near you
What’s creating thousands of craters off the California coast?
Just off the coast of California, thousands of craterlike depressions, some as big as buses, dot the sea floor. Now, scientists say they know what’s causing these mysterious features.