They may not be quite as popular as the children’s graphic novel series “Dog Man” or the beloved classic “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” but a pass granting patrons free entry to Santa Clara County parks has ...

The Golden State may be famous for its national parks, but its state park system is worthy of praise, too.

Here are 19 ways to see the country in a new light. This island has recently acquired a cachet as a bohemian bolthole, its reputation bolstered as the filming location of 2018’s Mamma Mia! Here We Go ...

Many of the experts we talked to described the offseason as more active than hurricane season. Here's what they're up to.

These California beach towns offer boardwalk fun, hidden coves, harbor views, and laid-back main streets perfect for a slow ...

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

“We are watching the end of Willapa Bay’s ecosystem in real time,” says shellfish farmer Warren Cowell, just after tallying ...

A mother sea otter float with a fuzzy baby sea otter on her chest. - Clinton Harris/Getty Images Once a year, Santa Cruz, California, welcomes a brand new batch of baby sea otters born in the deep ...

Sea otters were hunted to extinction in Washington by 1910, but about 3,000 have returned after translocation efforts. Conservationists say the species is a "keystone" animal that helps protect kelp ...

For more than a century, sea otters vanished from Washington’s waters, hunted to extinction and nearly erased from local history. Today, conservationists say their slow return to the coast underscores ...

BALTIMORE — While residents and motorists along many parts of the Atlantic seaboard were frustrated by Monday’s snowy weather, a pair of otters enjoyed some carefree moments at the National Aquarium ...