The Yosemite Area Audubon Association (YAAS) invites the public to attend their next meeting on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Mariposa.
https://sierranewsonline.com/mountain-lion-in-the-city-is-focus-of-next-audubon-program/
California's red tide is called Pseudo-nitzchia and it produces neurotoxins called domoic acid. The chemical is lethal to fish, birds and marine mammals, most noticeably California sea lions.
One thousand wild horses are to be rounded up in California by the U.S. Forest Service and animal rights activists fear hundreds of them could be sold for slaughter.
A furry relative to minks and otters and native to the West Coast may get federal protection as threatened under the Endangered Species Act due to lost habitat, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday.
https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-propose-threatened-status-for-humboldt-marten/
There’s a bear in the backyard! Or there’s one in the fruit tree, on the porch or in the garbage.
These are routine calls that come into the Plumas County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center. They’re also common reports to the Northern Division of the Fish and Wildlife Department, which covers Lassen, Plumas and central Butte counties.
http://www.plumasnews.com/living-with-bears-learning-about-our-four-footed-neighbors/
On October 3, Councilman Mitchell Englander, a member of the Council’s Personnel and Animal Welfare (PAW) Committee, introduced a motion (CF-16-0585-S2), based on "an increase in coyote sightings in parks, open spaces and neighborhoods endangering all people, especially children."
Vocal communication between individuals is vital to navigating social situations. Often when we think about vocal communication, we think about speech in humans or song in birds which is used to convey information from one individual to another. However, recently rodents have emerged as an exciting new mammalian experimental model of vocal communication.
https://sciencetrends.com/ultrasonic-vocalizations-in-the-california-mouse/
Stunning images of boaters right next to whales in the Monterey Bay have gone viral online this fall but NOAA is warning its dangerous for you and it's bad for the whales.
https://www.ksbw.com/article/noaa-warns-boaters-to-stay-away-from-whales-in-monterey/23714055
When you think of animals carrying fleas, what comes to mind are dogs and cats, a problem that most responsible pet owners know all about.
But an equal, yet lesser known threat is lurking in the wild and unbeknownst to homeowners, living under the floorboards or in the attic. We are talking about opossums.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife is not taking time to celebrate however. The department is currently expanding its operations in San Joaquin County, and is concerned by several reports of nutria on the doorstep of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, a critical region for California's agricultural infrastructure.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/nutria-California-swamp-rats-300-dead-hunt-traps-13303143.php
