California's coastline features several standout piers perfect for long seaside walks, sunset views, fishing, and soaking in ...

Scientists studying stranded pygmy sperm whales have uncovered three previously unknown genotypes of Helicobacter bacteria ...

What makes Monterey Bay so appealing is what you can’t see. Starting a mile off shore from Moss Landing is the start of the third largest submarine canyon in the world. It is 292 miles long, 7.5 miles ...

Word and photos of Vancouver’s mystery orcas reached marine biologist Emma Luck in Alaska. A year earlier, she had been ...

More than 30 years after guarding the beaches of Los Angeles County, Pamela Anderson is still watching the bay. At her home ...

Neuroscientists have uncovered new insights into a key evolutionary question: Why can humans talk when most animals can't?

After H5N1 bird flu was detected in elephant seals gathered at Ano Nuevo State Park, other marine mammals have also succumbed, including a sea otter and sea lion. So far, only animals in San Mateo ...

Researchers suggest that predation by a subspecies called Bigg's orcas might explain why members of another one, called ...

To mark 20 years of the BBC TV series Planet Earth, we look at some of the filming firsts it captured – including a ‘zombie’ fungus ...

A familiar tall black dorsal fin broke the surface of the water near the WestRock Tacoma Paper Mill this week and attracted the attention of photographers.

Tule elk, once nearly extinct, are just one animal you'll see when you hike in Point Reyes National Seashore. Marine life is another.