Charlton "Chuck" Bonham is leaving the top post at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife at the end of the month to ...

The Commission unanimously voted to adopt regulatory amendments to extend the red abalone recreational fishery closure in ...

January 1, 2026 - Wildlife areas, ecological reserves and other properties may be closed due to wildfires, flooding or storm ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California man caught a plump canary rockfish he says weighed in at 10.25 pounds, likely ...

Officials have recommended mountain lions be listed as threatened in parts of the state. Here's what happens next.

Three adult wolves and one juvenile from the same group, the Beyem Seyo pack, were euthanized by state game wardens in October after nonlethal efforts to stop them from preying on local cattle failed, ...

A recent report finds that, despite legislation limiting such chemicals, dozens of species are still being poisoned. And we ...

In addition to adding $1 billion of economic value and up to 7,500 jobs for California’s Sacramento Valley, the state's rice fields act as surrogate wetlands for many birds and other wildlife. (Gary ...

CDFW is also lifting the temporary recreational crab trap restriction beginning Jan. 2, 2026, at 8:01 a.m., between the California/Oregon border and Cape Mendocino (40°10’ N. latitude) and between the ...

SACRAMENTO – It's National Invasive Species Awareness Week and the US Fish and Wildlife Service wants people to know that nutria can be delicious. The large, semi-aquatic rodent is considered an ...

Imagine a world where just six out of every 100 newborns make it to their teenage years, the rest unable to survive post-apocalyptic environmental conditions that have become too strange and dangerous ...