Southern California’s spiny lobster season ended in March, but that did not stop four people from diving in the ocean near San Pedro and illegally taking a large amount of the crustacean. Officials ...

A Yellowstone grizzly bear with a cub. (Frank van Manen/U.S. Geological Survey photo) SB 1305 would require California to study the feasibility of reintroducing grizzly bears. Lawmakers question ...

SACRAMENTO — A California couple pleaded guilty after exposing a series of wildlife crimes, including illegally smuggling the skull of an endangered sea turtle, to state Fish and Wildlife officials on ...

A $2.2 million grant will scale a pioneering environmental DNA-based index, adding a broad biodiversity assessment tool that ...

Nearly 300 birds, fish, mammals and other critters have federal protection in the Golden State.

Wildlife managers are now tracking five more gray wolves in Northern California with satellite tracking collars. The operation to fit the animals with the collars happened in mid-January, according to ...

Wildlife officials released the 10,000th frog back into Yosemite National Park on Thursday following a decade-long ...

Charlton “Chuck” Bonham will be stepping down as director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife at the end of the month, after contending with a slew of contentious issues during his long ...

A mountain lion set off a dramatic wildlife response in a busy Escondido neighborhood, ending in a tranquilizer takedown, a ...