September 2025

NEW POSSUM JUST DROPPED: Cal Poly Humboldt Researcher Announces Confirmation of New Species Discovered During Trip to Peruvian Andes

Cal Fish and Wildlife Investigating Alleged Shooting Death of a Mama Bear and Cub Near Eureka

August 2025

The Local Pacific Fisher Population Has Again Been Denied Endangered Species Act Protection

(VIDEO) Locals Have VERY Close Encounter With Mountain Lion in Arcata Community Forest

July 2025

Fish are Absolutely Loving This Recent Improvement to the Mad River Estuary, According to New Cal Poly-Led Study

(VIDEO) TIMELINE CLEANSE: Local Woman Spots Beautiful Sea Creature Near Trinidad

May 2025

Ospreys Built a Nest Atop Electrical Equipment at PG&E’s Humboldt Generating Station. The Utility Wants to Move It Without Harming the Birds

March 2025

Yurok Tribe Mourns the Loss of Young California Condor Found Dead in Redwood National Park; Cause of Death Determined to be Lead Poisoning

November 2024

(VIDEO) Leopard Sharks Swimming in Mad River Slough Inspire Mallard Ducks to Seek Dry Land

October 2024

A Bat-Killing Fungus Has Escaped Humboldt to Infect at Least Four Other California Counties

With the Dams Removed, Fall-Run Chinook Salmon Return to Klamath Basin for the First Time in 112 Years

California Now Has an Official Crustacean!

August 2024

A Week of Wildlife Weirdness at the Arcata Marsh

Sumo, One of the Sequoia Park Zoo’s Original Red Pandas, Has Died

The North Coast’s California Condor Population Will Soon Spike with the Yurok Tribe’s Release of Seven Young Prey-Go-Neesh in the Coming Days and Weeks

July 2024

High-Tech Elk-Detection System and Warning Signs Coming to Busy Humboldt Crossing Area

June 2024

BEAR UPDATE: The Eureka Bears and the Arcata Bears and the Samoa Bears are the Same Bears, and the Mama Bear Was Hurt in a Collision With a Car

(PHOTOS) Another Urban Bear Mama and Cub Spotted in Arcata This Evening

May 2024

McKinleyville-Area Hunter Earns World Record With Largest Roosevelt Elk Antlers Ever Recorded

More Than a Million Acres of North Coast/Southern Oregon Land Designated as Critical Habitat for the Pacific Marten

Chronic Wasting Disease Discovered in California Deer For the First Time; Fish & Wildlife Asks Hunters and Others to Be on the Lookout for Symptoms

State Officials Close Humboldt County’s Recreational Razor Clam Fishery Again Due to Domoic Acid Toxicity

April 2024

Mountain Lion Spotted Near Humboldt Hill Home

(VIDEO) Watch a Great Blue Heron Snatch a Rodent Meal Out of an Arcata Lawn

March 2024

(PHOTOS) Yurok Tribe to Become First in the Country to Co-Manage Land With National Park Service Following Historic Return of Tribal Property at Orick Mill Site

February 2024

Planning a Romantic Walk on the Beach This Valentine’s Day? Watch Out for Nesting Western Snowy Plovers!

December 2023

Commercial Dungeness Crab Season to Open Locally on January 5

November 2023

NEW BIRD SIGHTING! Spotted for the First Time in Humboldt, a Purple Gallinule Has Been Hanging Around the Arcata Marsh

MORE PREY-GO-NEESH! Yurok Tribe to Release Three More of Those Big Bad California Condors Into the Skies Soon

October 2023

North Coast Condor Treated for Lead Poisoning by Sequoia Park Zoo

MOUNTAIN LIONS, OH MY! A Human-Wildlife Conflict Biologist from the CDFW Reminds of How to Prevent Unwanted Cougar Trouble

Mountain Lion Spotted Near Local Cemetery

September 2023

Should the Local Population of Pacific Fishers Be Listed Under the Endangered Species Act? The Fish and Wildlife Service is Seeking Feedback From Informed People

Local Animal Rescue Group Sees Influx of Sea Lions Suffering From Potentially Fatal Bacteria Infection

(PHOTOS) This Black Bear Looks Upset About Not Getting Invited to the Medieval Festival of Courage

July 2023

A Bear Got Out to Tuluwat Island, Messed Up a Plum Tree and Dumped Over a Trash Can Full of Chicken Feed

June 2023

Yurok Tribe Acquires Badass, LIDAR-Equipped, Condor-Wing-Bedecked Airplane for Scientific Research and Land Management Purposes

SEA OTTERS! Let’s Bring ‘Em Back! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is Going to Be Holding a Series of Open House Meetings to This End, Including One in Arcata, Soon

U.S. Fish and Wildlife to Reconsider Whether West Coast Fishers Warrant Endangered Species Act Protection

May 2023

BOOBY SIGHTING! Red-Footed Booby, Usually Found in Tropical Seas, Spotted Near Trinidad

BEAR CUBS: The Zoo Now Has Two New, ‘Non-Releasable’ Bear Cubs Gracing the New Bear Habitat

December 2022

(VIDEO) Removal of Obsolete Concrete Dam on South Fork Eel Tributary Opens Nine Miles of Wild Fish Habitat

November 2022

Elk Poachers Leave Meat-Encased Lead Fragments in Easy Reach of Condors, Yurok Tribe Says

MORE CONDORS! The Yurok Tribe and Its Partners are Gonna Try to Put Some More Birds in the Sky Tomorrow Morning

October 2022

HUMBOLDT BAYWATCH: This Incredibly Gross and Yet Totally Amazing Creature Lives Its Life Hooked Onto Whales and Eats Dead Whale Skin All Day

September 2022

HUMBOLDT BAYWATCH: Thatcher Ants Rule Everything Around Me

Adorable Ringtail Who Fell Down a Chimney in Hoopa Released Back to Nature by the Humboldt Wildlife Care Center

Uh, Check Out This Goofy Photo of One of the Sequoia Park Zoo’s Greater Rheas (And Also Note the Zoo Foundation Has a New Executive Director)!

Klamath River Fish Kill Caused by Storm and Wildfire Activity, Says Forest Service

HUMBOLDT BAYWATCH: It’s Migratory Shorebird Season!