According to one app for nature observers, it's the most commonly seen creature in California: the western fence lizard. Why?

Once thought resistant to invasion, regional deserts are losing native plants to aggressive weedy species like Saharan ...

Pretty trails, wild blossoms, and historic architecture make this Sierra foothills detour en route to Nevada City, California ...

I always look forward to spring when I see the bright orange California poppies popping up everywhere, which are annual and ...

Journey through California’s national parks, from towering redwoods to rugged deserts. Discover breathtaking landscapes and ...

Once a private cattle ranch, this underrated state park is Northern California's largest, and it's best in spring for a beautiful reason.

California wolves are on the comeback. And no matter how hard wildlife officials try to direct them toward their natural prey ...

Backpacking from Mexico to Oregon on the Pacific Crest Trail in 1985, we passed through fields of flowers. Splashes of cactus ...

See California in bloom this spring by visiting this nature reserve where colorful wildflowers blanket the hills and line ...

Susannah Cahalan is the author of the forthcoming The Acid Queen: The Psychedelic Life and Counterculture Rebellion of ...

The family in Tásmam Koyóm produced two new litters of kits after one of the beavers swam downstream and met another mate already living in the wild ... to Northern California, and research ...