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‘Nothing is untouched’: DDT found in deep-sea fish raises troubling concerns for food web

Scientists have found DDT in zooplankton and deep-sea fish off the coast of L.A., indicating the toxic chemical might be infiltrating the base of the food web.
A whale breaches close to the Harbor Breeze Cruises La Espada whale watching boat off the coast of San Pedro selection of Los Angeles on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

How humanity’s ear-splitting racket deafens whales and other marine animals

May 5, 2024
LANDERS, CA - APRIL 23, 2024: Rattlesnake wrangler Danielle Wall carries a Mojave rattlesnake from a container to return it to its natural habitat on April 23, 2024 in Landers California. The snakes have to be returned within a two mile radius of where they were first rescued. Wall rescued 257 snakes last year. She is the premiere snake wrangler in the high desert.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
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Joshua Tree’s celebrity rattlesnake wrangler wants to change how you see reptiles

May 5, 2024
A lone quail stands next to a male turkey

Opinion: What a quail taught me about grief by joining a flock of turkeys

May 3, 2024
Huntington Beach, CA - April 20: The sunset illuminates one of thousands of creatures known as by-the-wind-sailors that have been washing ashore Southern California beaches, including Dog Beach in Huntington Beach Thursday, April 20, 2023. The oval-shaped, flat creatures with tiny blue tentacles may look like little jellyfish but are in fact hydroids called Velella velella, more commonly known as "by-the-wind sailors." The invertebrates have been washing ashore at Crystal Cove in Newport Beach, and the sailing bodies have been spotted as far north as Point Reyes National Seashore, north of San Francisco. They've also been spotted in San Clemente, Manhattan Beach and along other Southern California beaches.(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

What are the blue blobs washing up on SoCal beaches? Welcome to Velella velella Valhalla

May 3, 2024

A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say

May 2, 2024

How a ‘death trap’ for fish in California’s water system is limiting the pumping of supplies

May 2, 2024

Canny as a crocodile but dumber than a baboon — new research ponders T. rex’s brain power

April 29, 2024

L.A. supervisors oppose plan to eradicate Catalina deer by shooting them from helicopters

April 27, 2024
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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA- APRIL 11: Ale Macias, assistant vector ecologist, blows into a container to free the remaining Aedes mosquitoes, at a hotspot in Chino in San Bernardino County, CA on Thursday, April 11, 2024. The West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District visited five hotspots in Chino, Upland and Rancho Cucamonga where, at each location, 1,050 sterilized Aedes males, also known as "ankle biters," were released to mate with females to lower the population. These invasive mosquitoes have become a nuisance and can spread chikungunya, dengue, yellow fever and Zika. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Climate & Environment

Mosquito season is upon us. So why are Southern California officials releasing more of them?

Vector control officials in Southern California are starting to release sterilized male mosquitoes to combat the summertime onslaught of ankle biters.

April 25, 2024

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