Nutria, an invasive species, has caused erosion and loss of habitat in California and approximately 19 other states.

It's National Invasive Species Awareness Week and the US Fish and Wildlife Service wants people to know that nutria can be delicious.

An online video shows the cub attempting to stir the momma bear in a heart-wrenching scene. But it has a happy ending.

3 — Release of Draft State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) 2025, for tribal, external partner, and public review and comment. The draft plan and online comment form are available at wildlife.ca.gov/swap until March 31, 2025.

Chinook salmon were once abundant in the North Yuba River in California’s Sierra Nevada. But since 1941, they’ve been kept out of the chilly, clear waters by the Englebright Dam. Now, for the first time in more than eight decades,

A man accused of dumping about 280 gallons of waste oil into a Stockton canal last year has been arrested, wildfire officials say.

In late October 2024, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), in partnership with the Yuba Water Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries and the U.S. Forest Service, injected spring-run Chinook salmon eggs ...

The invasive marshland rodent is wreaking havoc but California residents can do their part by catching and eating them, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says.

An in-flight chat with a California couple led plainclothes officers to uncover illegal wildlife, including a sea turtle skull and taxidermic mountain lions.

Inside of the couple's residence in Chico, wildlife officers found mountain lion claws, a ringtail cat, a barn owl mount, an illegal spike buck, and several unlawfully taken deer with

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is investigating a wildlife sanctuary in Butte County over alleged animal neglect.