It's National Invasive Species Awareness Week and the US Fish and Wildlife Service wants people to know that nutria can be delicious.

Nutria, an invasive species, has caused erosion and loss of habitat in California and approximately 19 other states.

An online video shows the cub attempting to stir the momma bear in a heart-wrenching scene. But it has a happy ending.

3 — Release of Draft State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) 2025, for tribal, external partner, and public review and comment. The draft plan and online comment form are available at wildlife.ca.gov/swap until March 31, 2025.

The invasive marshland rodent is wreaking havoc but California residents can do their part by catching and eating them, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says.

An in-flight chat with a California couple led plainclothes officers to uncover illegal wildlife, including a sea turtle skull and taxidermic mountain lions.

Inside of the couple's residence in Chico, wildlife officers found mountain lion claws, a ringtail cat, a barn owl mount, an illegal spike buck, and several unlawfully taken deer with

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife reported today that the state currently has seven known wolf families amid changing pack dynamics and areas of new wolf activity. The department’s latest map depicts where wolves are ranging within the state.

California hunters pleaded guilty after admitting a series of wildlife crimes to state Fish and Wildlife officials on a flight in 2023.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is investigating a wildlife sanctuary in Butte County over alleged animal neglect.

The passengers also showed the officers the skull of an endangered sea turtle they were smuggling in a carry-on bag during the flight.