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Boat Strikes Have Made San Francisco Bay A Death Trap For Gray WhalesThe presence of a gray whale so close to a population center may delight the locals, but for gray whales it's a very bad sign

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Boat Strikes Have Made San Francisco Bay A Death Trap For Gray WhalesThe presence of a gray whale so close to a population center may delight the locals, but for gray whales it's a very bad sign
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Boat Strikes Have Made San Francisco Bay A Death Trap For Gray Whales

clock-iconApril 14, 2026

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Glass Beach Is A Beautiful Sight, But It Has A Grim Origin StoryGlass Beach near Fort Bragg, sea glass on the coast

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Glass Beach Is A Beautiful Sight, But It Has A Grim Origin StoryGlass Beach near Fort Bragg, sea glass on the coast
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Glass Beach Is A Beautiful Sight, But It Has A Grim Origin Story

clock-iconMarch 12, 2026
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A Rare Phenomenon Transforms Yosemite's Firefall Into A Beautiful Glowing Spectacle This FebruaryA view of Horsetail Fall, located in Yosemite National Park in California, on one fine evening in 2022 Categories: Nature

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A Rare Phenomenon Transforms Yosemite's Firefall Into A Beautiful Glowing Spectacle This FebruaryA view of Horsetail Fall, located in Yosemite National Park in California, on one fine evening in 2022 Categories: Nature
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A Rare Phenomenon Transforms Yosemite's Firefall Into A Beautiful Glowing Spectacle This February

clock-iconFebruary 17, 2026
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Lone Coyote Swims To Alcatraz From Mainland San Francisco For The First TimeAlcatraz Island surrounded by water of the San Francisco Bay

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Lone Coyote Swims To Alcatraz From Mainland San Francisco For The First TimeAlcatraz Island surrounded by water of the San Francisco Bay
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Lone Coyote Swims To Alcatraz From Mainland San Francisco For The First Time

clock-iconJanuary 20, 2026
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Alien Mysticism And Dynamite Deaths: The Largest Free-Standing Boulder Has A Wild HistoryGiant Rock is located in the Mojave Desert near Landers, California (pickup truck for scale).

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Alien Mysticism And Dynamite Deaths: The Largest Free-Standing Boulder Has A Wild HistoryGiant Rock is located in the Mojave Desert near Landers, California (pickup truck for scale).
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Alien Mysticism And Dynamite Deaths: The Largest Free-Standing Boulder Has A Wild History

clock-iconJanuary 16, 2026
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California Diver Spots Rare Deep-Sea King-Of-The-Salmon Just 4.6 Meters Below The Surfacejuvenile King-of-the-Salmon (Trachipterus altivelis) swimming near the water's surface

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California Diver Spots Rare Deep-Sea King-Of-The-Salmon Just 4.6 Meters Below The Surfacejuvenile King-of-the-Salmon (Trachipterus altivelis) swimming near the water's surface
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California Diver Spots Rare Deep-Sea King-Of-The-Salmon Just 4.6 Meters Below The Surface

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Radiation Fog: A 643-Kilometer Belt Of Mist Lingers Over California's Central ValleySatellite imagery shows tule fog over California’s Central Valley on Saturday, November 29, 2025.

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Radiation Fog: A 643-Kilometer Belt Of Mist Lingers Over California's Central ValleySatellite imagery shows tule fog over California’s Central Valley on Saturday, November 29, 2025.
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Radiation Fog: A 643-Kilometer Belt Of Mist Lingers Over California's Central Valley

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RIP Claude: San Francisco's Iconic Albino Alligator Dies Aged 30adult alligator with albinism laying on a rock

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RIP Claude: San Francisco's Iconic Albino Alligator Dies Aged 30adult alligator with albinism laying on a rock
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RIP Claude: San Francisco's Iconic Albino Alligator Dies Aged 30

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Atmospheric River Brings North America's Driest Place 25 Percent Of Its Yearly Rainfall In A Single Daya damaged road in Death Valley National Park

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Atmospheric River Brings North America's Driest Place 25 Percent Of Its Yearly Rainfall In A Single Daya damaged road in Death Valley National Park
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Atmospheric River Brings North America's Driest Place 25 Percent Of Its Yearly Rainfall In A Single Day

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California Has A New State Snake, And It’s A 1.6-Meter-Long Giantgiant garter snake curled up on the ground

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California Has A New State Snake, And It’s A 1.6-Meter-Long Giantgiant garter snake curled up on the ground
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California Has A New State Snake, And It’s A 1.6-Meter-Long Giant

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For The First Time In History, People Could Soon See Ice-Free Peaks In Yosemitea deer infront of half dome at sunset at glacier point in yosemite national park in california

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For The First Time In History, People Could Soon See Ice-Free Peaks In Yosemitea deer infront of half dome at sunset at glacier point in yosemite national park in california
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For The First Time In History, People Could Soon See Ice-Free Peaks In Yosemite

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Plague Confirmed In Lake Tahoe Area For First Time In 5 Years, California Officials SayYersinia pestis

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Plague Confirmed In Lake Tahoe Area For First Time In 5 Years, California Officials SayYersinia pestis
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Plague Confirmed In Lake Tahoe Area For First Time In 5 Years, California Officials Say

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California Is Overdue A Massive Earthquake – But We May Have Been Picturing It All WrongAerial photo of the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain

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California Is Overdue A Massive Earthquake – But We May Have Been Picturing It All WrongAerial photo of the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain
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California Is Overdue A Massive Earthquake – But We May Have Been Picturing It All Wrong

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Grizzly Adams: The Wild Truth Behind The Man, The Myth, And The BeardA black-and-white illustration of Grizzly Adams from an old book.

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Grizzly Adams: The Wild Truth Behind The Man, The Myth, And The BeardA black-and-white illustration of Grizzly Adams from an old book.
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Grizzly Adams: The Wild Truth Behind The Man, The Myth, And The Beard

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Californian Wild Pigs Found With Bright Blue Flesh, Officials Warn Public To “Be Aware”A close up photo showing the heads of three wild pigs snuffling in the mud. The Camera is focused on two in the center of the shot with a third sticking its nose in from the right. The first pig on the left has slightly lighter muddy brown fur and two short tusks are just visible.

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Californian Wild Pigs Found With Bright Blue Flesh, Officials Warn Public To “Be Aware”A close up photo showing the heads of three wild pigs snuffling in the mud. The Camera is focused on two in the center of the shot with a third sticking its nose in from the right. The first pig on the left has slightly lighter muddy brown fur and two short tusks are just visible.
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Californian Wild Pigs Found With Bright Blue Flesh, Officials Warn Public To “Be Aware”

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