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JJ Redick was brought to tears when he first saw the devastation where he rented a home and one day hoped to buy. Now he's ...

A mysterious whale that has puzzled scientists for decades may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing ...

The Sausalito-based Marine Mammal Center is probing the death of a female gray whale that washed up on Black Sands Beach in ...

Imagine your spark bird is the bald eagle. You thought you were applying for a summer internship with the Student Conservation Association, thesca.org, during college. But what you were really getting ...

See egg hunt events at bottom Del Mar Rady Auxiliary Unit to host ‘Pirates and Pearls’ fundraiser On Saturday, May 10, from 6 ...

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