According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, a criminal investigation has been opened into potential animal welfare violations at the Barry R. Kirshner Wildlife Sanctuary.

As wildfires continue to spread in southern California, misinformation about the response to the fires have cropped up online. Here are 5 claims debunked.

Governor Gavin Newsom issued a controversial executive order that would make it easier to divert and store “excess” water ...

California program director with Defenders of Wildlife. "We are relieved that the burrowing owl is now recommended as a potential candidate for special status listing, but it breaks our hearts that we ...

Commercial fishermen who hoped for a loosening of fishing regulations during President Donald Trump’s administration faced a ...

President Donald Trump is scheduled to tour the damage by the devastating LA wildfires as he threatens to withhold funding over his feud with Gov. Gavin Newsom.

vice president of government relations at Defenders of Wildlife. The group said the bill would remove science from land management decisions and weaken protections for endangered species. The vote ...

a California water policy advisor for the nonprofit conservation organization Defenders of Wildlife, told ABC News. "No water restoration declaration was put before Gov. Newsom," Brent Haddad ...