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 ...

Blowing-up birds are bewildering a Bay Area ‘burb. Dozens of birds have met their sudden and violent demise in a California neighborhood in recent months, dropping out of the sky mid-flight and ...

Avian flu is hitting California’s San Joaquin Valley hard — nearly 20 million chickens, ducks and turkeys have been killed in the region since 2022, according to data from the Centers for Disease ...

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 ...

Workers at the only lab in California with the authority to confirm high-risk bird flu cases will go on a brief strike next week, claiming that years of understaffing, poor training and burnout ...

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