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Snowy plover eggs rescued from Marina State Beach hatch at SPCA.
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Snowy plover eggs rescued from Marina State Beach hatch at SPCA.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Apr 30, 2025

First, the bad news: Every nesting season, some snowy plover eggs don't make it to hatching. The threatened birds are listed under the Endange…

For the Sunflower Star Laboratory, Valentine’s Day has an extra special touch of romance.
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For the Sunflower Star Laboratory, Valentine’s Day has an extra special touch of romance.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Feb 13, 2025

One year ago, early in the morning on Valentine’s Day, a group of nine stood huddled around a tank behind the scenes of the main floor at Birc…

New study reports endangered sea otter helps control invasive species.
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New study reports endangered sea otter helps control invasive species.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Dec 11, 2024

It takes a village to balance an ecosystem.

Snowy plovers saved from precarious cliff near the Salinas River released back into the wild.
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Snowy plovers saved from precarious cliff near the Salinas River released back into the wild.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Aug 23, 2024

Six endangered snowy plovers were released back into the wild on Aug. 9, more than a month after their eggs were rescued from the edge of a cliff.

A new strain of bird flu appears to pose an existential threat to California condor flocks.
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A new strain of bird flu appears to pose an existential threat to California condor flocks.

  • David Schmalz
  • Apr 20, 2023

On March 9, staff at The Peregrine Fund, a nonprofit that manages the California condor flock in Arizona and Utah, observed a condor showing s…

New drought realities will shift how the county prioritizes Salinas River steelhead trout.
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New drought realities will shift how the county prioritizes Salinas River steelhead trout.

  • Christopher Neely
  • Aug 4, 2022

The Salinas River’s steelhead trout population was healthy enough in the 1950s that not enough hell was raised to stop the construction of the…

A new scientific method transcends the need for eyes in detecting the presence of species.
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A new scientific method transcends the need for eyes in detecting the presence of species.

  • Christopher Neely
  • Jul 21, 2022

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? This philosophical musing on perception and reality is of…

Monterey Zoo’s founder is in hot water after a federal animal trafficking indictment.
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Monterey Zoo’s founder is in hot water after a federal animal trafficking indictment.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jul 14, 2022

Charlie Sammut, founder of the Monterey Zoo, was a Seaside police officer in the early 1980s when he started a pet collection that, he told th…

For the Ventana Wildlife Society, condors are the compass for conservation -- and a success story, against the odds.
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For the Ventana Wildlife Society, condors are the compass for conservation -- and a success story, against the odds.

  • Christopher Neely
  • Dec 16, 2021

Few land animals have captivated the Central Coast to the level of the California condor. With at least a 9-foot wingspan, California condors …

Endangered killer whale pod from Puget Sound area spotted near Carmel Bay.
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Endangered killer whale pod from Puget Sound area spotted near Carmel Bay.

  • Asaf Shalev
  • Apr 1, 2019

A pod of about 25 endangered killer whales, including the population's youngest calf, who are native to the Puget Sound area, was spotted on S…

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