Environmental News

It wasn’t long after Oceano Dunes locked its gates due to the coronavirus that rare shorebirds started nesting in areas usually reserved for off-roaders and their beach-riding vehicles.

Conservation organizations filed two legal motions today to defend Ventura County’s innovative wildlife connectivity ordinances — the first of their kind in California.

When we think about pollinators, the first species to pop into mind are usually bees, butterflies, and maybe, hummingbirds. But pollinators are a much broader group of animals that encompasses species from several groups of insects, including beetles. 

Pollinators aren’t just bust during the day.  When our day-active pollinators turn in for the evening, nocturnal pollinators including moths, bats, beetles and select bees take on the night shift.  This article delves into the importance of these contributors for pollination of wild and managed plants.

With the huge rise in deer tick populations and the spread of Lyme disease, many friends of wildlife are welcoming opossums into their yards. 

You can help keep yourself and other visitors safe and wildlife wild by setting a good example! Remember to treat wildlife with proper caution and respect. 

Wetlands can be among the most complex, productive ecosystems in the world, rivaling the planet’s rain forests and coral reefs. 

Shearwaters are migratory marine birds that travel in a figure-of-eight pattern between the coasts of Siberia and Japan to Tasmania.

This week, black birders around the world are rallying around Christian Cooper

A female and two male mountain lion kittens were born recently in the Santa Monica Mountains, as announced by the National Park Service on June 3.