Glitzy metropolises, golden beaches, and natural wonders sit under the same roof in the diverse landscape of California. However, wetlands are an unsung star of the Golden State's geography. They are ...

One of the most graceful birds on Earth is the sandhill crane. These tall, slate gray birds with a bright red cap breed in the open grasslands, wetlands and prairies of northern North America.

The Merced County Courthouse Museum in Merced, California - Diegograndi/Getty Images Merced is a convenient, two-hour drive from San Francisco or San Jose. Sacramento is less than two hours away, ...

Flu numbers tick up with fall migration, and several recent reports of dead or sick birds involve a species especially ...

Three months ago, County’s largest water agency voted to kill a $3.2 billion plan to build a huge new reservoir in the ...

Almost 230 miles of the Arizona-Mexico border was lined with a 30-foot steel bollard wall during the first Trump administration — part of a project that cost roughly $15 billion and covered just over ...

Texas Parks and Wildlife is going on a spending spree to open new parks to the public, a welcome development in a state where ...

The Tejon Ranch Conservancy will offer a fall and winter season of fundraising adventures where you can explore the unique ...

The San Joaquin Valley experiences some of the most widespread, severe land subsidence in the nation caused by decades of ...

A San Joaquins engine is seen in 2018 in Modesto. The train service between Oakland and Bakersfield, with some service to Sacramento, was renamed Gold Runner this month by the San Joaquin Joint Powers ...