Monterey County Animals Articles

After 90 years of operation, Los Coches Animal Hospital in Soledad closed effective Monday, April 1. Services for its customers and pet patients are continuing at its sister location, Romie Lane Pet Hospital, in Salinas.

SOLEDAD — Pinnacles National Park biologists have confirmed the first condor egg within the park for 2024.

Beavers create unburned islands where plants and animals can shelter from megafires, research has confirmed. A movement is afoot to reintroduce the rodents to the state's waterways.

SOLEDAD — After serving the Salinas Valley community for the past 90 years, Los Coches Animal Hospital has announced that it will be closing its Soledad location effective April 1.

Two things that are true, but that can also come into conflict with each other are that most people love to eat crab, and most people love whales.

At 88 years old, the Monterey County Fair and Event Center in Monterey has seen a lot of history. Fairs, of course, but also major national and international musical and cultural events – think Jimi Hendrix and other greats performing…

Christmas came early for local anglers who want a chance to catch rainbow trout.

Here's the scene: A handful of people are enjoying lunch (with the occasional interruption of fending off an overly interested seagull) on the back deck of Woodward Marine Market in Moss Landing, overlooking the harbor.

Find out what the National Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count is all about and learn how to participate in Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Silicon Valley.

As concerns about whale entanglements caused by standard crab fishing gear continue to be at the top of mind for environmental watchdogs and state and federal regulators, Charlton Bonham, director of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, announced Friday,…

California grants climate credits for fuel made from cow manure, but there’s a paradox: The state’s program encourages collection of methane yet promotes natural gas.

While they have no way of knowing it, southern sea otters – a threatened species once thought to be extinct – scored a big win last week.

What do you do when you discover a small wild animal hiding in your garage?

The owners of a 220-acre property in the scenic Corral de Tierra area are facing opposition from neighbors over their designs for a small-scale commercial chicken farm.

When Ringo Starr wrote the lyrics for the Beatles song “Octopus’s Garden” in the late 1960s, it was inspired by a boat captain, while Starr was traveling in Sardinia, who told him that octopuses pick up rocks and make gardens…

SALINAS VALLEY — Pinnacles National Park crew members are keeping a close watch on two baby condors that were found at the mountainous area east of Salinas Valley. Each nest is home to a solo youngster being raised by its …

The ocean is a mysterious frontier. While many residents of the Central Coast gaze out at the Pacific daily, it’s easy to overlook the scale of all we don’t know about this massive body of water. For scientists, the mystery…

In 2007, at a meeting of volunteers organized by the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Robert Scoles, a retired Santa Cruz County sheriff’s deputy, stood up and asked if anyone wanted to kayak on the Elkhorn Slough with him before…