An elusive pod of Cuvier's beaked whales made an astonishing rare appearance in Monterey Bay, leaving scientists and bystanders in awe of these deep diving wonders.

The tragic story of Tuffy, the Bay Area hawk adopted by a family of bald eagles, comes to a heartbreaking end as troubling events unfolded in the nest above.

An almost extinct species, the Santa Cruz kangaroo rat, critical to the local ecosystem, has recently been rediscovered in the Sierra Azul Open Space after more than 75 years, leaving researchers hopeful for the species' future.

Family of Palo Alto embark on sailboat voyage only to be attacked by a pod of orcas in the Gulf of Gibraltar, leaving them stranded and needing rescue.

San Jose's Happy Hollow Zoo welcomes critically endangered baby lemurs, raising awareness of their shrinking wild population.

Santa Clara takes a high-tech approach to controlling mosquito populations by deploying drones to perform mosquito management in difficult-to-reach, nonresidential areas.

Bay Area wildlife lovers are teeming with excitement after hearing that fire-ravaged Big Basin Redwoods State Park, California’s oldest state park, will finally open back up to the public on July 22nd — and the reservations books opened today.

Plans to totally transform St. James Park in downtown San Jose are moving forward amid a bitter battle.

The City of Santa Clara is dealing with a big problem with poop. Goose poop to be exact.

This week, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will vote on a plan that would connect two huge county parks in South San Jose, Calero County Park and Santa Teresa County Park.

Crews are hard at work in the mountains of Northern Santa Cruz County establishing a huge new trail system after the area was devastated by a lightning-sparked wildfire two years ago.

Officials in Mountain View are relocating a rafter of wild turkeys which have been roosting at the Ames Research Facility for several years. The birds were initially seen as harmless, but have been impeding cars and have even disrupted flights at the nearby Moffett Federal Field.

Amusingly named Meta Park, a 2.2-acre new bit of green space at the end of Chilco Street in Menlo Park debuted this past weekend to the public, featuring a sloped grass lawn and access to the 350-mile-long San Francisco Bay Trail.