California's snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains measures 96% of average. It's the third straight year the state has had near-average or above-average amounts of snow.

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when ... bird carries fleshy Jeffrey pine ...

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be how the continents formed, they say.

Anjelica Huston opens up to PEOPLE about the joy of living on a ranch outside of Los Angeles and caring for wild donkeys.

Heavy snow and strong winds were reported in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains on Monday, March 31, as officials warned of difficult travel. Footage from the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab ...

IT IS WATERFOWL SEASON IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE SIERRA SNOWPACK IS AT 99% OF NORMAL ... It's nice to know that this summer the mountains will help keep the water flowing.See more coverage ...

This Earth Day, we’re celebrating stories from the past year of UC research that illustrate the resilience of life on our ...

California wolves are on the comeback. And no matter how hard wildlife officials try to direct them toward their natural prey ...

Included is about $31 million each for the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, State Coastal ...

Seismologist Deborah Kilb was wading through California earthquake records from ... of deep earthquakes that had occurred under the Sierra Nevada at a depth where Earth’s crust would typically ...