The eastern box turtle represents holding on and surviving, sticking its neck out, which led to its status as a state symbol ...

Blue-ringed octopuses carry a killer concoction called tetrodotoxin (TTX), a potent neurotoxin that can paralyze living things, including humans. Tetrodotoxin is most famously known from pufferfish — ...

Across a wide swath of Texas, the inundated rivers that ravaged communities also tore through farms and ranches.

The Trump administration this week sued the state of California over its laws requiring eggs sold in the state to come from animals raised under certain conditions, prompting denunciations from animal ...

Park ranger William McDonald was doing his usual rounds at Blue Lake Regional Park in April when something caught his eye.

Newsom’s press office ridiculed the lawsuit in a post on X, claiming Trump blames California “for everything.” Newsom’s press office added that the next thing Trump was going to blame Newsom for is ...

A staffer at a museum in Washington, D.C., was surprised to spot a duck on a fifth-story terrace. Yet the webbed-footed creature had good reason to be there: It was going to be a mom. Earlier this ...

In 2018, 63% of California voters approved Proposition 12, the Farm Animal Confinement Initiative, which set minimum space requirements for egg-laying hens, calves raised for veal and breeding pigs, ...

Accusing California of imposing “unnecessary red tape” on the production of eggs, the Trump administration is suing the state ...

The Trump administration is suing California for its regulation of eggs, claiming three state laws are contributing to the rise in prices for American consumers.

Have you ever wondered how tortoises lay eggs? For many temperate species, such as Mediterranean and North American tortoises, eggs typically hatch between late August and early October, though ...