During the last Ice Age, approximately 20,000 to 25,000 years ago, when sea levels were significantly lower, Santarosae Island was a single, expansive landmass that now comprises most of California’s Channel Islands.
Once teetering on the brink of extinction, the California elephant seal has made an astounding recovery thanks to stringent conservation
Theodore Roosevelt’s 1903 trip to California gave birth to modern conservation.
It’s not easy to find great places in California to gaze up into the night sky and take in the
The true tragic story of one of the worst environmental crimes in California history.
Pinnacles National Park’s wide landscape of dramatic rock formations and craggy spires looks otherworldly, especially in golden hour light. But few people who visit the park, located in Central California, southeast of the San Francisco Bay Area, are aware that the rock formations were once at the center of one of the most fierce debates in the history of California geology.
The Channel Islands of California, an enchanting archipelago, offer a fascinating natural laboratory for the study of island biogeography. This field of biology, which explores the distribution of species and ecosystems in island environments, finds a perfect case study in these islands.
The Vital Role of Upwelling in California’s Rich Ocean Life Few marine processes have been as impactful on the abundance
It is believed that much of the sand on California’s legendary beaches originated in the San Gabriel mountains, the result of erosion and various rivers and streams that run into the Pacific Ocean.
Yet, in an ironic twist of fate, one of these seemingly invincible trees—known as Prometheus—fell not to the ravages of nature, but to the hand of man.
