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Invasive weed threatens Southern California's deserts
Once thought resistant to invasion, regional deserts are losing native plants to aggressive weedy species like Saharan ...
Arbor Day: How Los Angeles is replanting trees after devastating wildfires
ABC News joined The Arbor Day Foundation and the Altadena nonprofit Amigos de los Rios to discuss replanting and preserving ...
Polluted soil is all over L.A. Here’s how to fix it, even if your home didn’t burn
The Eaton and Palisades fires likely made polluted soils worse, but soil experts say bioremediation may be an alternative to ...
Grass fires: Fast-moving and frequent, feeding on invasive plants in Arizona deserts
Grass fires burn far more American homes each year than forest fires. In southern Arizona, communities fight fires that never ...
Left alone by humans, wildlife returns to the Eaton Fire burn area
Behind the remains of a town scorched by fire, the foothills are lush with new green and filled with birdsong.
Los Angeles brims with wildlife. But fires make it harder to survive.
Besides burning thousands of homes and displacing residents, the January fires, like earlier ones, upended the natural ...
Our friendly neighborhood fence lizard: Why Californians love this reptile
According to one app for nature observers, it's the most commonly seen creature in California: the western fence lizard. Why?
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Left alone by humans, wildlife returns to the Eaton Fire burn area
Ochoa, a long-time resident of Southern California ... potentially crowding out native plants like the California sage brush and wild cucumber — a source of food for ground squirrels.
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Invasive weed threatens Southern California’s deserts
Once thought resistant to invasion, regional deserts are losing native plants to aggressive weedy species ... Invasive Saharan mustard is damaging Southern California's deserts. (Lynn Sweet/UCR) The ...