SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrating San Francisco Bay's enigmatic shark species, Aquarium of the Bay, in partnership with Sea Stewards, presents SHARKtober, a month-long event focusing on the local shark population.

By Mark Prado, The Marin Independent Journal, Novato, Calif. Aug. 5--The endangered brown pelican, which faced extinction in California 50 years ago, is returning in record numbers to the Farallon Islands, according to the Point Reyes Bird Observatory.

Observers said the U.S. Senate this week is expected to approve a plan to protect 1,000 square miles off the California coast from oil drilling.

WASHINGTON, March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R.

By Julia Scott Cleanup crews spent their second day removing a fresh batch of tar balls from the beaches of San Mateo County as the mystery oil likely claimed its first two animal victims -- two rhinoceros auklets found dead on a county beach.