Some animals are so rare that even wildlife experts who have seen a lot of them don’t expect to see them, especially in the ...

Towering ancient trees rise so high they blur into the fog, creating a landscape that barely feels real. It holds some of the ...

Wild sightings of California giant salamanders are increasingly uncommon. So when a park ranger spotted one while monitoring streams in a remote forest in September 2025, the discovery thrilled ...

A park ranger patrolling remote streams in California recently stumbled onto something most people will never see in their lifetime: a California giant salamander, one of the largest amphibians on the ...

Biologist Michael Reichmuth was recently snorkeling in Olema Creek in Point Reyes National Seashore when he spotted California giant salamander larvae, a sight never before captured on a photograph, ...

Salamanders emerge from their underground homes to cross busy roads during the spring breeding migration season. Salamanders lay up to 450 eggs in vernal pools every spring. Volunteers help document ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — “Albino” bluebonnets were spotted Friday at Inks Lake State Park in Burnet. Inks Lake said park rangers found the unique bluebonnets beside the park’s headquarters. Bluebonnets, or ...

The patch of wildflowers first bloomed to little fanfare this spring. That changed when park rangers at Inks Lake State Park realized what they were: rare albino bluebonnets. One albino bluebonnet is ...

Spring is a season of new life, and with that comes animal behaviors that only happen at this time of year. One such example comes from salamanders, whose spring migration habits have them crossing ...

Daniel Dubie of Brattleboro has been volunteering with his family for five or six years on crossings hosted by the Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center. "We came out to help amphibians cross, and ...

Texans know and love bluebonnets, but not every Lone Star resident might be familiar with the beloved state flower's rare and elusive counterpart. With Texas' spring wildflower season underway, many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some National Park Service biologists do snorkel surveys of Bay Area creeks and streams. (Jailyn Hoskins/National Park Service) A ...