Federal wildlife authorities on Tuesday said that a review of genetic tests has led them to conclude that the coastal California gnatcatcher is a valid subspecies and therefore worthy of protections ...

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Wednesday approved the purchase of 345 acres of open land for around $5 million to extend trail systems and protect habitat for the California ...

Citing new genetic evidence that the coastal California gnatcatcher is not a distinct subspecies as previously claimed, but is part of a single, healthy and abundant species that ranges from Southern ...

Continuing the quarter century controversy over the listing of the Coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica) as a threatened subspecies, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS ...

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Wednesday approved the purchase of 345 acres of open land for around $5 million to extend trail systems and protect habitat for the California gnatcatcher.

A Riverside-based property rights group and other parties fileda lawsuit today seeking to compel the Obama administration toreassess whether a bird species should remain federally protected– with tens ...

For two decades, a small gray songbird has made the difference between development and conservation in some of the most coveted coastal land in California. A federal decision last week to leave the ...

A baby gnat- catcher was rescued at the Conservancy this week. Three hatchling Florida snapping turtles and a blue gray gnatcatcher nestling were among the 113 animals admitted to the von Arx Wildlife ...

Sometimes called the canary in Southern California's proverbial coal mine, the coastal California gnatcatcher with its kitten-like mew of a call is a prime indicator of ecosystem health. In the ...

To the editor: The idea to delist the California gnatcatcher, pushed by developers, is based on second-rate science. (“Developers seek end to federal protections for California gnatcatcher,” June 29) ...

Federal officials have turned away a bid to take the California gnatcatcher off the endangered species list. The California Building Industry Association and others asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...