Man sentenced to 6 years for dumping oil into Stockton's Smith Canal
A man convicted of dumping oil into a Stockton canal in 2024 was sentenced to six years in prison, prosecutors said
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A man convicted of dumping oil into a Stockton canal in 2024 was sentenced to six years in prison, prosecutors said
Wildlife managers are now tracking five more gray wolves in Northern California with satellite tracking collars.
A mountain lion who was captured in a busy San Francisco neighborhood has been released back into the wild, state wildlife officials said.
California's commercial Dungeness crab season is set to open on January 5 with limits on the number of commercial traps because of the risk of humpback whale entanglements, authorities said Friday.
Officials say the action comes after months of attacks on livestock, including 70 recorded losses attributed to wolves from March to September.
Officials with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) said eight people were arrested and more than 20,000 cannabis plants were eradicated in raids targeting illegal growing operations on public lands across the state.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) said they have euthanized a bear who has been blamed for multiple break-ins and threatening campers in the Lake Tahoe area.
Shasta County supervisors adopted the state of emergency declaration last week.
A man accused of dumping about 280 gallons of waste oil into a Stockton canal last year has been arrested, wildfire officials say.
A California couple pleaded guilty after admitting a series of wildlife crimes to state Fish and Wildlife officials on a flight in 2023.
It's National Invasive Species Awareness Week and the US Fish and Wildlife Service wants people to know that nutria can be delicious.
The East Bay Municipal Utility District announced Friday that boat access to two of its reservoirs in the Sierra Foothills has been closed amid concerns about an invasive mussel that was recently found in the Delta.
State officials on Friday announced the commercial Dungeness crab fishery for most of the California coast will finally open south of the Sonoma/Mendocino county line beginning Jan. 5.
Invasive and non-native golden mussels were discovered in Port Stockton, with officials calling it a "significant immediate threat" and the first known discovery of the species in North America.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has detected a fungus in some Sutter County bats and there's a chance they could start dying within the next few years.
Dungeness crab from the California coast won't be on the menu for yet another Thanksgiving, after state wildlife officials announced a delay to the commercial crab fishing season.
Since 2017, more than 4,600 have been captured and the numbers keep growing.
Sergeant Kyle Parker with the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office called the two boys heroes and said they fought for each other.
Concerning flyers popping up around the Lake Tahoe area have prompted a warning from wildlife officials: Don't feed the bears.
Migration season has birds from all over flocking to Northern California, but some people have been finding dead geese near Peace Pond in Sacramento's Land Park.
There was an unusual sight in Stanislaus County on Monday as a bear was spotted in the town of Hickman. The furry creature caused a lockdown at a local school. Here's why Fish and Wildlife think it ended up there.
A deadly disease is killing thousands of birds at Tulare Lake.
A deadly disease is killing thousands of birds at Tulare Lake. The lake re-emerged after decades due to historic rainfall in the Central Valley. Currently, it spans about 50,000 acres, but without proper outflow, diseases like avian botulism become trapped in the water.
The discovery brings the total number of known wolf packs to seven.
A new pack of gray wolves has been spotted hundreds of miles from the closest known pack in California, officials announced on Friday.
