Ten new penguins named Pickle, Hagrid and Steve are splashing in a revamped habitat built to fend off bird flu.

The Westminster invertebrate zoo will become just the second spot in Colorado to house a giant Pacific octopus, arriving in early September.

Bender Park Friends gathered 422 petition signatures after sediment left the Oak Creek harbor as shallow as six inches this year.

The 1,600-square-foot splash pad opened with a tipping bucket and shaded seating, but county listings marked it closed for repairs less than three weeks later.

A quarter-mile strip inside Yosemite's western boundary could become a private shortcut for a Kingsbarn-backed developer, drawing bipartisan alarm.

Nicky Paris felt a tickle on his foot while wading at Crystal Cove — it was a rattlesnake slithering out of the ocean.

The half-acre East Oakland park, sealed off since a 2002 barbecue shooting, reopens Saturday with new play structures and a statue unveiling.

Arcadia residents say Santa Anita's Olympic makeover could cost 34 protected oaks and reshape the Lower Rancho neighborhood for good.

A young bald eagle with a shattered wing got a second chance thanks to a Bradenton Beach rehab center still rebuilding from Hurricane Helene.

Hale Education's 1,100-plus acres near Boston can never be developed, thanks to a $38.5 million private fundraising push.

Crews are cutting 15 acres of towering eucalyptus that loomed over Montara backyards for decades, after residents pushed Caltrans to act.

A new acoustic study found zero spotted owl calls in Washington's Cascades north of Seattle, as invasive barred owls dominate the region.

Nearly 100 Hayes Valley neighbors shaped the new design, which adds sensory panels and a sand play area.