One of my favorite memories was when we first moved to Maine, over 30 years ago, and discovered vernal pools (our house was surrounded by them). Vernal pools are seasonal forested wetlands that fill ...

What was snow-covered just last week is now generally snow-free. Spring wildflowers are beginning to emerge and polka dot the forest floor with green, the ice is out of most ponds, and on warmish ...

Surfers packed the parking lot on a recent evening at the popular beach sites Old Man’s, Four Doors, The Point and Dog Patch. As they drove toward San Onofre State Beach, they passed orange fencing, ...

(CN) - The government and three California developers must provide more information to determine whether a rule designating 57 acres of critical habitat for the endangered Riverside fairy shrimp will ...

The weekend rain and fog brought several vernal pools, also known as "shallow empty pits," at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. While the tiny pools of water look empty, park officials said tiny ...

On Independence Day in 1972, Harold von Braunhut was awarded a patent for “Sea-Monkeys.” They already had become the stuff of legend; he had been selling the seemingly magical creatures under that ...

Photos into the newsroom show shrimp in Joshua Tree National Park. Park rangers shared photos of shrimp in the Barker Dam Reservoir inside Joshua Tree National Park. What you're looking at is a ...

SANDAG has filed an environmental report on how the Mid-Coast Trolley extension could impact the San Diego fairy shrimp, a federally listed endangered species. A 45-day public comment period for the ...

Aided by the recent rains, Costa Mesa city officials announced Friday that they have identified a type of fairy shrimp in Fairview Park not previously seen there and a location where the endangered ...

More than 150 bicyclists, hikers, and equestrians heard less than good news Tuesday night, December 3, as the general manager of the Sweetwater Authority explained that a popular trail may be closed ...

What was snow-covered just last week is now generally snow-free. Spring wildflowers are beginning to emerge and polka dot the forest floor with green, the ice is out of most ponds, and on warmish ...