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

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

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 ...

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.

Risher offers tips to find the largest bald cypress tree (the sixth largest tree) in the country -- right in the middle of ...

Wolves have multiplied rapidly in California since 2011. Image courtesy of Matt Johnson. A loud howl pierced a dark night in ...

I wrote a piece for California Wild about the prospects for wolf restoration in the state. At that time, there had not been ...

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 ...

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

There are a lot of different wildlife that people can see when visiting national parks around the United States. Depending on ...

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