The vast protected land boasts natural landmarks like the iconic Half Dome and El Capital granite cliffs, which people trip over themselves to climb. There is also Horsetail Fall, a plunging ...

The rugged beauty of the waterfalls in Northern California is something else! Some of the best and most popular waterfalls in ...

That’s a horsetail fern.” The SWLAMN course series is for any resident with special interests and zeal for the natural world ... into making your backyard a habitat and friendly for things ...

Altering natural habitats for agriculture is the single biggest driver of extinctions. Land conversion is contributing to what scientists call Earth’s sixth mass extinction. Now, new maps link ...

Habitats are diverse environments where plants and animals live, providing natural resources that living things need to survive. From vast ocean habitats to the frozen arctic tundra, there are ...

Flying and marine animals are relatively free to follow these shifting niches. Birds and butterflies are two examples. New ...

An air tanker drops fire retardant on the Palisades Fire, one of the simultaneous fires that ravaged Los Angeles County, as seen from Woodland Hills, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on ...

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park is seeking public input on a plan to restore nearly 30 acres of tidal marshland ...

“One possible approach is to design recreational coastal areas to incorporate wildlife-friendly features to mimic their natural habitat while minimising disruption from human activities,” said ...

And these close cousins of our species, according to new research, have developed intriguing genetic adaptations tailored to their habitats - including to pathogens like malaria. Researchers ...

However, natural disasters like the LA wildfires could lead to fungal infections spreading even further. Dr Hoenigl says: 'Humans have adapted to the increasing number of disasters, so the number ...