CAMP PENDLETONCAMP PENDLETON — In an effort to protect sensitive habitats which house endangered species at San Onofre State Beach on the northern end of the base, visitors should use designated ...

Splash, a nonprofit organization founded in 1999, works with capital region schools to teach kids about science in a hands-on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a spring hike in the woods, one sure way to amaze a child (or a grownup!) is to discover a red eft along the trail. Glowing red ...

SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO — It’s been a ball field, an airfield and a nondescript vacant lot, but now the 12 acres on the northwest corner of Miramar College are being treated like a precious piece of ...

Researchers repeatedly downloaded data at each of the vernal pools in the study, where they installed sensors and measured dissolved oxygen, oxidation-reduction potential, water level, water ...

If late winter cabin fever has you down, wander the woods in search of vernal pools – small bodies of water that collect in depressions in the ground. Melting snow and late winter rains fill these ...

On the forest road that winds through mature stands of hemlock and yellow birch on state game lands 206 in Luzerne County, my son Tommy and I walked back to the truck, after a fishless evening mind ...

Ponds that vanish and reappear, animals that go dormant and return to life—vernal pools feel a bit like spring magic, but they’re 100 percent real. These ephemeral habitats, found along the U.S. West ...

The songs of spring will soon be emerging from vernal pools.For many New Englanders, the high-chirp call of peepers signals the arrival of spring.While the loud call of the diminutive peeper can be ...

The Coastal Rail Trail is projected to become a continuous path following the Coaster commuter train line from Oceanside to San Diego. As of 2017, only discontinuous segments exist. The Water’s End ...

The vernal pool at the Lester J. Gates Middle School is a world of wonder for budding young scientists. As part of the education curriculum, the vernal pool is visited by sixth and seventh graders ...

Estrogens in treated wastewater that find their way into temporary wetlands known as vernal pools persist for weeks or even months, according to researchers, who suggest that persistence may have ...