In the forests of the Sierra Nevada, the black-backed woodpecker is without parallel. The bird appears almost born of fire, thriving on the flames that flicker through California’s coniferous forests ...

UC Davis’ new Center for Animal Flight and Innovation studies raptor flight. Researchers use high-speed cameras to improve ...

Rising dust and bird activity in California’s Central Valley may reduce solar output, putting homeowner savings and ...

February 15, 2026 - A painting of band-tailed pigeons has been chosen by a panel of judges as the winning entry in the 2025-26 California Upland Game Bird Stamp Art Contest. The painting was created ...

Strike highlights strain on lab technicians and poultry farmers No testing delays expected from strike, UC-Davis reallocates testing Millions of California egg-laying hens wiped out by bird flu Feb 26 ...

SAN DIEGO — A proposed ballot initiative would ask Lemon Grove, California, residents if the retail sale of commercially bred ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE -This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March 26, ...

Dairy cows are milked at a dairy in Merced County in 2022. California public health officials are dipping into state and federal stockpiles to equip up to 10,000 farmworkers with masks, gloves, ...

Long-term research in California shows that many bird populations increase after wildfires and can remain more abundant in burned areas for decades, especially following moderate fires. Although some ...