California is home to more than 15 million acres of public land managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management. In his new ...

The largest county in the 209 is Tuolumne with 2,235 square miles followed by Merced with 1,979 square miles, Stanislaus with ...

California's most elusive mammal is photographed at last Two UC Berkeley students made wildlife history in November, capturing the first-ever photographs of California’s Mount Lyell shrew. This tiny ...

Credit: California Academy of Sciences/Cover Images The rare and elusive Mount Lyell shrew has been photographed for the first time in the 100 years since its discovery, thanks to a group of ...

The Mount Lyell shrew (Sorex lyelli) is a tiny little critter, measuring just 10 centimeters (3.9 inches) long and weighing only 2-3 grams (0.1 ounces).

The Mount Lyell shrew was unaware it was the first of its species to be photographed by humans — specifically recently graduated wildlife photographer Vishal Subramanyan, along with student ...

Look up Fantastic creatures The Mount Lyell shrew previously was the only known mammal species in California not to have been photographed. - Vishal Subramanyan/Prakrit Jain/Harper Forbes ...

For more than 100 years, scientists have known about a shrew living in the mountains around Yosemite National Park. California designated it a "species of special concern," but nobody had seen it.