Coastal Restoration

Is it appropriate to intervene to help wildlife amid a disaster? That question has arisen in fire-scorched Point Reyes, where Tule elk are short of water.

Trains, cars and poaching have all contributed to a soaring number of fatalities, prompting fears for the grizzlies’ future.

My job is to write about the wonders and challenges of our coast and oceans, but I’ll admit: Before this story, I had no idea what an abalone looked like.

The human population of Ventura County coexists with wildlife living in what makes up most of the land within our borders, the Los Padres and the Santa Monica Mountains. Most of the time, creatures…

Scientists have used detailed high-resolution satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies' DigitalGlobe, to detect, count and describe four different species of whales. Reported this week in the journal Marine Mammal Science, this study is a big step towards developing a cost-effective method to study whales in remote and inaccessible places, that will help scientists to monitor population changes and understand their behaviour.

There are likely many interconnected reasons for declining birth rates. But two key factors are nutrition and stress.

State park biologists found a pair of adult plovers with two chicks in May during routine monitoring for the shorebirds. Two days later, a group of students participating in a beach cleanup found a second plover nest.

Federal tax data shows California is the second-best state in terms of keeping its taxpayers when the state’s huge population and its massive economy are taken into account.

A group is pushing to study the humpback whale population amid a season of lower-than-normal sightings.

Fresh water fishing isn’t going to be the same on the Central and South Coasts for the next few years, after a bacterial outbreak has hit three Southern

How the best- and worst-case scenarios compare with other common killers.

The welcome mat for California sea lions has been rolled out in San Francisco, but is nowhere to be seen in La Jolla and many of the state's fishing ports.

In the 1960s, fears of overpopulation sparked talk of population control. What happened?

The “Great Dying” of Indigenous populations in the Americas after the arrival of Europeans is the largest human mortality event in proportion to the global population, putting it second in absolute terms only to World War II. The devastation of the population also caused a drop in atmospheric CO₂. During this period, severe winters and cold summers caused famines and rebellions from Europe to Japan.

Explore the Earth at night as seen by Suomi NPP VIIRS using the Esri ArcGIS API for JavaScript. Lights are rendered as 3D terrain.

Tourists aren’t the only ones from outside of Santa Barbara County that like to visit the region’s scenic coastline. Researchers say it’s become am

A team of biologists ventured into Los Padres Sespe Condor Sanctuary looking for a young California condor expected to make its first flight in December. Pings from its radio transmitter hadn't been detected since the fire roared toward its cliff-side nest.

Heaps of dead whales, salmon and sardines blamed on the El Nino freak weather phenomenon have clogged Chile's Pacific beaches in recent months.

The amount of trash flowing into the world's oceans is worse than thought-eight million tons a year, says new study.