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LASKEVIEW, C ALIF. - AUG. 31, 2022. Cows feed at Mavro Holsteins dairy farm in Lakeview, Calif. The state has a goal of reducing methane emissions from the dairy industry by 40 percent by 2030. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Concern grows as bird flu outbreaks continue to rise among California dairy herds

The number of dairy herds infected with H5N1 Bird Flu doubled over the weekend. The count is now 34.

Sept. 24, 2024
This undated photo provided by Aleut Community of St. Paul Island Ecosystem Conservation Office shows a view of St. Paul Island, Alaska, including the developed area that includes homes and water towers. (Aleut Community of St. Paul Island Ecosystem Conservation Office via AP)

Why an Alaska island is using peanut butter and black lights to find a rat that might not exist

Sept. 23, 2024
Bentonville, Arkansas - October 14, 2023: (Editors special note: This is a special assignment for the IT team. DO not use images for other stories or share with Getty before their project has been published.) Following the Southwest Dog Auction - dogs in cages are being transported inside a packed white van in Bentonville, Arkansas. (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

California’s underground puppy trade ‘raises serious alarms’ and demands for state action

Sept. 23, 2024
A bear at a property in the 700 block of Alta Vista Drive in Sierra Madre.

Bears have learned to open doors in Sierra Madre, ‘like Jurassic Park.’ One made himself at home, literally

Sept. 21, 2024
PIXLEY, CA - MAY 20: Dairy cows feed at a farm west of Pixley, CA in Tulare County. Some town residents believe their health problems are owed to air pollutants from the nearby dairy facilities. The topography of the San Joaquin Valley contribute to the region's poor quality trapping dirty air from traffic on Interstate 5, State Route 99, locomotives and farming pollutants including open burning and emissions from dairy cows. Photographed in Pixley, CA on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Number of California dairy herds infected with H5N1 bird flu rises to 17

Sept. 20, 2024

Yellowstone visitor scalded in thermal pool hot enough to burn people to death. She broke the Pledge

Sept. 19, 2024

Huge python grabs Thai woman in her kitchen, squeezes her for hours before she can be freed

Sept. 19, 2024

‘It’s really sad’: River dries up abruptly in Bakersfield, leaving thousands of dead fish

Sept. 19, 2024

A California zoo, an advancing wildfire and a delicate rescue operation

Sept. 18, 2024
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Approximately 170 Endangered southern mountain yellow-legged frogs (Rana muscosa) were released into their native habitat in the San Gabriel Mountains on Aug. 29 and 30, 2023. Animal care staff from the Los Angeles Zoo joined conservationists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to an undisclosed site to conduct the release.

Climate & Environment

Endangered frogs threatened by California wildfires once again. A rescue could be in order

Fires could encroach on critical habitat for the endangered Southern California mountain yellow legged frog.

Sept. 15, 2024

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