Biologist uses animal skulls to teach kids about life in the wild
Biologist Katharine Edmonson asked the young boy who approached her table if he wanted to hold the tiger skull in his hands. Some children hesitate, but not 11-year-old Devin Shuman, a fifth-grader at ...
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Health of California dairy workers was compromised as bird flu spread, new study says
As the bird flu outbreak in California dairies appears to be slowing, a study by researchers at UC Merced found that San ...
‘I’m invasive and delicious’: Federal officials push public to eat these rodents
An invasive, furry rodent is destroying swamps and marshland in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and the Central Valley and some wildlife officials have pushed for a new solution to saving ...
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Bird flu cases continue to rise across the San Joaquin Valley, along with egg prices
Nearly 20 million chickens, ducks and turkeys on farms in the San Joaquin Valley have been “depopulated” – a polite term for ...
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Bird Flu Cases Continue To Spread Across Valley, But State Officials Say The Virus May Be Slowing Down
Discover the latest on avian flu's impact on the poultry and dairy industries, human health, and the price of eggs.
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Avian flu cases continue to rise across the San Joaquin Valley, and it’s not just among birds
The bird flu virus is affecting people and dairy cattle in the Valley, but the biggest impact is among poultry flocks – and ...
Trump administration lays off USDA scientists at Fresno County grape-breeding program
A sign stands outside the USDA Agriculture Research Sciences Center in Parlier on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. About a dozen scientists and researchers have been let go at the center as a result of the ...
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‘Anti-immigrant climate’ pushes populations at high risk for bird flu exposure away from prevention, education
As bird flu continues to spread across the San Joaquin Valley, county public health officials are working to stop ...
How abundant is wildlife at Dos Rios & other preserves near Modesto? DNA results will tell
Dos Rios takes in 1,600 acres where the Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers meet. It was restored over about a decade starting in ...
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US wildlife officials suggest eating nutria, the invasive rodent found in California wetlands
According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Nutria were first introduced to the U.S. from South America by ...
SFSPCA and partners to host free mobile vaccine clinic in San Joaquin County
San Francisco SPCA and its partners will host a free mobile vaccine clinic at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds in Stockton ...
Even in Wet Years, Wells Are Still Dry. Why Replenishing California’s Groundwater Is Painfully Slow
Despite a state law that’s supposed to protect and restore California's precious groundwater, thousands of wells have gone dry because of over-pumping by growers ...