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Bakersfield, CA, Tuesday, June 13, 2023 - Bidart Dairy cows head to covered pens after milking. In the center background is transom carrying manure extracted from water flushed from the cows feeding pens. It is one step in a system that capture methane from cow manure and repurpose it for electricity or transportation fuel. An example of how California's climate strategy to burn off methane may be contributing other forms of air pollution, namely ammonia. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

H5N1 bird flu infections suspected in California dairy herds

The California Department of Food and Agriculture said Thursday that H5N1 bird flu is suspected to have infected three dairy herds in the state.
FILE - In this June 28, 2008 file photo a sculpture of mammoths is seen in the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiisk, 2000 kilometers (1250 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. A Russian university said Tuesday that an international team of scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, edging a step closer to the possibility of cloning the prehistoric animal. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky,File)

Opinion: How bringing back the woolly mammoth could save species that still walk the Earth

Aug. 28, 2024
Los Angeles, CA - August 21: Dael Wilcox poses for a portrait while feeding his five goats on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. confiscated his goats. He went to war with Animal Services to get them back

Aug. 26, 2024
A USBP K-9 Unit assists with the seizure of 31 bundles of cocaine.

The nose knows: Border Patrol dog sniffs out 81 pounds of cocaine in Southern California bust

Aug. 23, 2024
Agoura Hills, CA - April 15: Lane closures on the 101 Freeway through Agoura Hills begin Monday night for the next phase of what is being described as the world's largest wildlife crossing. All lanes on the freeway will be shut down for several hours each night between Liberty Canyon Road and Chesebro Road so crews can lift the concrete beams that will form the span over the freeway for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing. Caltrans posted Sunday night that the closures will take place Monday through Friday between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. for the next several weeks. Photographed on Monday, April 15, 2024 in Agoura Hills, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

New initiative aims to turbocharge wildlife-crossing construction across California

Aug. 23, 2024

Very thirsty bees close down parts of Joshua Tree National Park

Aug. 22, 2024

Alain Delon’s dog dodges euthanasia despite late actor’s wish

Aug. 20, 2024

Top leadership in flux at troubled L.A. Animal Services department as general manager takes unexplained leave

Aug. 16, 2024

Opinion: Why do so many L.A. dog owners think the rules don’t apply to them?

Aug. 16, 2024
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CAYUCOS, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 05: A sick California sea lion lays on the water at Cayucos State Beach on August 05, 2024 in Cayucos, California. The Marine Mammal Center is seeing a surge of sick California sea lions washing up on Central California beaches in the past month exhibiting symptoms consistent with domoic acid poisoning, which leaves the mammals lethargic and suffering from seizures. The Marine Mammal Center, the world’s largest marine mammal hospital, typically respond to 60-80 sea lions per year impacted by the neurotoxin. Since July, 19th, they have responded to 70 calls for seal lions in distress. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Climate & Environment

Outbreak of neurotoxin killing unprecedented number of sea lions along California coast

Unprecedented deaths of sea lions along California’s Central Coast

Aug. 11, 2024

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