Nature never ceases to amaze those who take the time to connect with it. Whether it's roaring red landscapes, remote barrier islands, or gigantic redwoods, nature appears in all shapes and sizes, ...

A relatively low-budget project has received a $57,000 state grant to restore sand dunes and native plants next year to spots along Oceanside's North Strand and Harbor Beach. Protected from erosion by ...

Pelicans, both the endangered California Brown (Pelecanus occidentalis), and the protected American White (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), are found within the dune ecosystem. Here a group of white ...

Bond named the new spider species Aptostichus ramirezae after Martina Giselle Ramirez, a well-known arachnologist who pioneered trapdoor spider population genetic research. Ramirez is now the college ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— Following a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed today to protect the sand dune phacelia as threatened under the Endangered ...

ASHLAND, Ore.— In response to a petition and lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the sand dune phacelia as a threatened species under the ...

Scientists found that this new spider is genetically quite different from its closest relatives, even though they appear ...