Blowing-up birds are bewildering a Bay Area ‘burb. Dozens of birds have met their sudden and violent demise in a California neighborhood in recent months, dropping out of the sky mid-flight and ...

By Gloria Dickie In the forests of the Sierra Nevada, the black-backed woodpecker is without parallel. The bird appears ...

California is one of the largest states in the United States and one of the largest sub-national economies in the world. Indeed, it’s like a country all its own, full of thriving industries, ...