A bear wandered past a hair salon's front door at a Route 66 strip mall, stunning workers at Alur Studios in Glendora.

A pilot filmed the massive filter-feeder swimming alone between Malibu and Santa Barbara Island as warm water pulls tropical species north.

Researchers spent days tallying flower stalks across Gothic Valley, the second-largest count in nearly 50 years of tracking.

More than 600 people signed a petition to save 28 protected trees near U.S. 90, and residents have appealed the decision to the city council.

A water play arroyo, new playground and measures to prevent unauthorized vehicle intrusion are planned for the 40-acre Riverside park, but half the funding is still unsecured.

Paved trails, a fishing pier and a primitive campsite are coming to the Grapevine park once known as Silver Lake.

Hikers get rerouted onto sidewalks while crews install riprap and a new ADA-accessible kayak launch at the Medina Township park.

The water-garden retailer's grand opening weekend includes a ribbon cutting, food truck and lily pad photos at the historic Fahr Greenhouse site.

The Ohio Plant Show hits the John S. Knight Center October 3-4, with rare aroids, bonsai, and a golf simulator for the non-plant crowd.

The plan would fund 57 projects, from a Duwamish River salmon habitat to a Bellevue orchard beside affordable housing.

A whale-watching captain spotted roughly a dozen 9-foot spinetail devil rays near San Diego, an exceedingly rare sight this far north.

Three 90-minute cruises from Dock 4 near the Aquarium of the Pacific let visitors get close to massive cargo ships, no sign-up required.

Radar tracked nearly 752,000 birds over King County in a single night, with a peak of 279,000 aloft at once.