September 2020

Karuk Scientist Talks to NPR About How Indigenous Burning Methods Could Help Prevent Massive Wildfires

June 2020

(AUDIO) Local Whale Expert Records Calls of Rare Transient Orcas Visiting Humboldt Waters

(VIDEO) More Orca Sightings Near Humboldt Bay

May 2020

(VIDEO) Whale, Hello There! Local Beachgoers Get Up-Close View of Whales Cruising the Shoreline Near Patrick’s Point

Eureka Man Reportedly Attacked By 18-Foot Shark While Kayaking in Shelter Cove; Local Fishermen Rescue Him From Icy Water

(PHOTOS) Killer Whales Spotted Feasting Off the Coast of Patrick’s Point

County Responds to Pressure From Animal Protection Groups, Approves New Contract With Wildlife Services to Diminish the Killing of Native Species

March 2020

(VIDEO) Mountain Lion Sighting in Ridgewood

February 2020

Mountain Lion Spotted at College of the Redwoods

December 2019

Commercial Crab Season Delayed Until New Year’s Eve

Crab On! State Lifts Warning About Dungeness for Waters From Shelter Cove to Point Arena

November 2019

BYE, BONO: Sequoia Park Zoo Will Soon Be Gibbon-less

Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Delayed Throughout the North Coast Due to Poor Meat Quality

(VIDEO) Another Whale Washes Up in Humboldt, This Time at Agate Beach

October 2019

(VIDEO) They Buried That Dead Whale and Now Smelly Humpback Juice is Gurgling Up From Samoa Beach

About the Whale: Marine Mammal Experts Explain Why Your Rescue Ideas Probably Would Not Have Worked

UPDATE: The Sickly, Endangered Sea Turtle That Washed Up Near the North Jetty on Saturday is Showing Signs of Improvement; SeaWorld Might Be Its Next Destination, Marine Mammal Center Says

Hypothermic Sea Turtle Washes Ashore Hundreds of Miles From Home; Local Wildlife Care Providers Rush the Animal to Marin County for Treatment

September 2019

People Thought There’d Been a Toxic Spill in Trinidad Harbor. It Turned Out to be Naturally Glowing Marine Life.

Those Arcata-Area Mountain Lions are Probably Trying to Eat Your Pets, Says Wildlife Biologist

(PHOTO) Mountain Lion Sighting in Busy Sunny Brae Neighborhood

(VIDEO) Visibly Injured Mountain Lion Spotted Wandering Bayside Neighborhood

(VIDEO) Leisure Bear Does a Dip-n-Scratch in Eureka Koi Pond

August 2019

Remember That Fire in Weitchpec Over the Weekend? Turns Out It Was Caused By a Bear Falling Onto a Sheriff’s Vehicle.

July 2019

Bat Killing Fungus Spreads to California; Humboldt Bat Expert Says Local Bats More Likely to Survive Contact With Deadly Spores

June 2019

CDFW Investigating Possible Bear Poaching Incident in Eureka

May 2019

(GRAPHIC PHOTOS) State Offers $2,500 Reward for Info Leading to Arrest of Poacher Who Shot Four Roosevelt Elk, One Pregnant, to Death in Maple Creek Last Year

McGuire to Host Hearing in Eureka Friday on Potential Impacts of Offshore Wind Energy to Fish and Wildlife

April 2019

Feds to Consider Adding Northern California Summer Steelhead to Endangered Species List

The North Coast Marine Mammal Center Reminds You to Stay Away From Those Adorable Seal Pups on the Beach

Federal Government Partners With Yurok Tribe to Bring California Condor Back to Pacific Northwest

March 2019

California’s Commercial Crabbing Season to End Three Months Early; CDFW Settles Lawsuit With Animal Protection Group Over Whale Entanglement

Crabbers Could Feel the Pain as State Reaches Tentative Agreement With Environmental Group Over Whale Entanglement

Mountain Lion Spotted at College of the Redwoods

February 2019

Humboldt’s Flying Squirrels Glow Bright Pink Under Ultraviolet Light, New Research Suggests

January 2019

(VIDEO) Dead Whale Washed Ashore Near Patrick’s Point

(UPDATE) Northcoast Marine Mammal Center ‘Desperate’ for Bath Towels, Asks for Donations to Help Care for Stranded Seal Pups

December 2018

Environmental Groups Plan to Sue Feds, Saying Their Practice of Killing Beavers Harms Salmon Habitat

Four Roosevelt Elk, One Pregnant, Killed Near Blue Lake; CDFW Asks For Public’s Help

California Fish and Game Commission Closes Abalone Season for Another Two Years

Northern California Commercial Crab Season Delayed Until After Christmas

(VIDEO/PHOTOS) BEHOLD! Humboldt’s Bearcat, the Sheriff’s Office’s New All-Terrain Armored Vehicle

November 2018

Injured Bald Eagle Takes a Ride in the Back of a Squad Car After Yurok Tribe, Fish and Game Wardens Rescue It Near Panther Creek

(WARNING: GRAPHIC) Elk Illegally Shot to Death With Arrows North of Orick; Park Rangers Seek Public’s Help Identifying Poacher

October 2018

Beware Bear, Says College of the Redwoods

(PHOTOS) Local Wildlife Photographer Has Close Encounter With Mountain Lion in SoHum

Mountain Lion Spotted at Arcata Bus Stop, Says APD

September 2018

Injured Carr Fire Bear Released Back Into Wild After Successful Month-Long Recovery

August 2018

The Humboldt Marten, a Cute Relative of Minks and Otters, Has Been Declared Endangered by California Fish & Game

(PHOTOS) Hundreds of Dead Jellyfish Wash Up on Mad River Beach ‘As Far As the Eye Can See’