A newly published study by researchers at the University of Nevada Reno, sheds light on how bears choose their homes.

Snow cover in the Sierra Nevada is expected to shrink overall as the climate warms, but avalanche frequency could remain the ...

The Sierra Nevada experienced record snowfall in 2023, which killed at least 73 endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep. The ...

Climate change threatens Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep as avalanches increase at high altitudes, despite less snow overall.

Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs are small creatures measuring 1.5 to 3.75 inches long, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. They live high in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain ...

Even as snow becomes less consistent in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, climate change could be making deadly avalanches more common, threatening the recovery of bighorn sheep there.

The park has 20 motion-sensitive cameras along the Sierra crest to gather information on wildlife, including the illusive and ...

The introduction of invasive trout, combined with a lethal fungus, decimated populations of what would become the rarest ...

As far as the bighorn sheep are concerned, conservationists are forced to take a bit of a wait-and-see approach as far as how ...

This 1,000-plus-acre park is a protected wildlife area near the Alhambra and features modest trails leading to ruins and vistas of both Granada and the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

“They’re this critical link in this drier landscape of a wet refuge for wildlife and plants during the dry months,” she said. Because it’s located on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada ...

In the Carson Range of the Sierra Nevada, bears often use hollow ... Heather Reich, a co-author and former bear biologist with the Nevada Department of Wildlife, noted that black bears have ...