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After plummeting from 4.5 million to just 12,000, western monarch butterflies are getting help from communities planting milkweed and protecting coastal groves. Scientists say there's still time to save one of nature's most spectacular migrations.
A raven nursed back to health at Shasta Wildlife Rescue has returned to the skies. The successful rehabilitation shows how dedicated care can give injured wildlife a second chance.
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A 3-week-old mountain lion cub named Crimson is thriving at Oakland Zoo after rescuers found him alone and starving in Southern California. The tiny cub now receives bottle feedings every three hours and will soon meet another rescued cub.
A Northern California rescue center is opening its doors to the public for a first-ever baby shower celebrating the hundreds of orphaned wild animals they save each year. The event comes as unseasonably warm weather brings an early rush of baby squirrels, opossums, and birds needing help.
A small California lab has brought the white abalone back from the brink of extinction, releasing over 20,000 of the once-vanishing sea snails into the ocean. The species went from 99% extinct to thriving again thanks to an innovative breeding program.
California is putting up to $3 million in federal funding toward protecting threatened and endangered animals, with grants now open for research and recovery projects. The program requires just 25% matching funds and gives conservationists three years to make a difference.
California's ocean waters are thriving again after one of the worst fishing disasters in history nearly wiped out entire species. Over 90 groundfish stocks have bounced back through smart regulations that gave marine life the space to recover.
A young mountain lion found hurt on a Los Angeles County road is now thriving in a Northern California wildlife center, where she'll learn survival skills alongside another rescued cub before returning to the wild. Wildlife officials spent over a week trying to reunite her with her mother before choosing rehabilitation as the safest path forward.
Once hunted to fewer than 100 seals in 1892, elephant seals have bounced back to 250,000 strong and now crowd California beaches each winter. At Año Nuevo State Park, visitors watch 10,000 of these massive animals fight, mate, and nurse 75-pound pups in one of nature's greatest comeback stories.