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An endangered young female red panda named Little Mebo has been welcomed to the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens, officials said Friday.
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The once-controversial idea of relocating an imperiled species to another island, country or continent for conservation is gaining increasing acceptance among scientists as a measure of last resort. Yet the potential danger — and scientific debate — lies in what humans can't predict. Recently scientists have moved Tristram's storm petrel chicks from beaches being submerged by rising sea levels to shores they've never bred on, 500 miles away on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Such relocations are still rare, but wildlife officials in the U.S. have drafted a proposal to guide scientists in deciding when it's appropriate to deliberately move a threatened species outside its historical range.
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to save…
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The Half Moon Bay City Council is considering passing an ordinance limiting public feeding of carnivorous birds and feral cats, citing public …
In letter to his daughter not long after the United States won its independence, Benjamin Franklin branded the bald eagle a “bird of bad moral…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California won't be listing the iconic western Joshua tree as a threatened species for now after the four-member Fis…
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As the region rolls into what’s expected to be another hot and dry fire season, San Bruno’s Crestmoor Canyon is being prepped, with removal of…
Climate change and habitat loss from big agriculture are combining to swat down global insect populations, with each problem making the other …
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Death's come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species: T…
NEWPORT BEACH — About 40 false killer whales were spotted along a California coastline, an uncommon sighting for the tropical species usually …
