More than 15 million tourists from around the globe travel to California each year to visit its world-famous theme parks, ...

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...

Urban development in California is threatening a new manzanita species — a plant already considered highly vulnerable.

On any given day of the year, Tecolote Canyon is teeming with life. Coyotes and Cooper’s hawks call the canyon home. Lemonade berry, laurel sumac and California lilac line its hillsides. But for ...

Six conservancies throughout the state will oversee work largely in Southern California and the Sierra Nevada.

City councilmembers in Berkeley, California, are considering law to ban most plants within five feet of houses in wildfire-prone neighborhoods.

When you're planning your landscaping in a fire-prone area like California, choosing the right plants can help add an extra ...

Winds can be fierce in winter and spring. A living windbreak can tame the wind while also benefiting the soil and our ...