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A Northern California farm animal sanctuary is spending thousands of dollars to send two cargo planes to Iowa to rescue 1,000 chickens that were going to be euthanized at a struggling egg farm.
A highly contagious and deadly rabbit disease has been found in California for the first time, the state Fish and Wildlife Department said.
Using tree ring evidence going back 1,200 years, scientists researching previous megadroughts, some lasting up to 40 years, say recent dry spells in the West appear to be following a similar longterm pattern.
California's first cases of elk hoof disease have been discovered in two animals in a herd of Roosevelt elk, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife said.
Although the giant asian hornet has not been reportedly seen in the Bay Area, it has gotten the attention of many Sonoma County beekeepers.
Fire season is just around the corner and with temperatures Thursday soaring into the 90's in parts of the Bay Area, the fire danger kicked up a notch.
The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday imposed a record $1.9 billion penalty against PG&E Co. for its role in the catastrophic 2018 Camp Fire in Butte County and 16 North Bay wildfires in 2017.
The deadline for removal and cleanup of debris on properties affected by the Kincade Fire in 2019 has been extended from May 15 to Aug. 1, Sonoma County officials announced this week.
While the coronavirus shelter-in-place orders have caused a steep decline in traffic, a new study looks to quantify the environmental impact of taking all those tailpipes off the roads.
The final snow survey of the season in the Sierra Nevada recorded just 1.5 inches snow depth at Phillips Station -- just 3 percent of the May average.
The world has lost more than one quarter of its land-dwelling insects -- from bees and other pollinators crucial to the world's food supply to butterflies that beautify places -- in the past 30 years, according to a study in published in the journal Science.
Californians won't be charged 10 cents per bag at the grocery store and retailers can again hand out thinner, single-use plastic bags under an executive order signed Thursday by the governor.
Commercial fishermen are protesting an order by California wildlife authorities to close the Dungeness crab fishery in mid-May to protect whales and sea turtles from becoming entangled in fishing gear.
As the Bay Area remains under a shelter-in-place due to the coronavirus pandemic, those who are driving are paying gas prices that haven't been seen in years.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced a settlement of nearly $150,000 with Chevron for air quality violations at the oil and gas company's Richmond refinery.
