Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California has lost more than half of its coastal sand dunes over the last 165 years, a new study says. An estimated 60% of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new species of trapdoor spider named 'Aptostichus ramirezae,' was found by scientists at the University of California, Davis.

As the third largest state by area in the U.S., California features all kinds of landscapes. You have that good, old-fashioned oceanside scenery in SoCal, towering redwoods piercing the clouds around ...

A study conducted by UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators has found that California has lost more than half of its coastal dune systems. The researchers’ assessment — the first of its kind ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of spider hiding in plain sight in coastal California’s sand dunes. The arachnologists from UC Davis published their find this month in the journal Ecology and ...

Highway ice plant, introduced from South Africa, now invades California's coast. This succulent's dense mats crowd out native vegetation and alter dune movement. The plant stabilizes dunes, ...

California has lost more than half of its coastal sand dunes over the last 165 years, a new study says. An estimated 60% of the state’s coastal sand dune systems that were present in the mid-1800s ...