The beaver has long been thought to be non-native to the Sierra, but new evidence proves otherwise.

Not enough elbow room in your kitchen? We asked three food truck chefs tips for cooking up great cuisine in cramped quarters.

Can you spot the mule deer before it migrates east for the winter? Read on for clues.

Water bears are so sturdy that they probably won’t succumb to nuclear war, global warming, or any astronomical events that wreak havoc on Earth’s atmosphere.

The White-headed Woodpecker is easy to identify.

With its beautiful pink flowers and its ability to reproduce with the aid of wildfires, the manzanita is one amazing bush.

Does extreme cone caching indicate a big winter? Probably not. Overzealous caching more likely reveals a squirrel’s resourcefulness in capitalizing on a big cone crop year.

The sandhill crane was spotted in Truckee this fall as they migrated to California’s Central Valley for the winter.