The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy will consider next month whether to provide $200,000 so the California Department of Transportation can study alternatives.

Legislation would expand the Santa Monica Mountains recreation area by roughly 118,000 acres, but the effort comes as the Trump administration seeks to slash funding for the National Park Service.

Biologists captured and radio-collared a 210-pound black bear in a natural area of the western Santa Monica Mountains, south of the U.S. Highway 101, on April 23, the National Parks Service ...

All these factors have trapped the Santa Monica Mountains in a negative feedback loop, says Algiers. “You have more fire, you have less natives, you have more weeds, and that leads to more fire and ...

BB-12 was captured and collared in the western Santa Monica Mountains on April 23, 2023. The black bear was struck and killed by a car on the 101 freeway last Thursday.

The Santa Monica Mountains Really Want The N.Y. Times To Know L.A. Is Not A Desert By Billy Gil. Published May 12, 2017 11:00 PM Does this look like a desert to you? (Photo of ...

Wildlife biologists track first black bear known to live in Santa Monica Mountains in southern California. He’s 210-pounds and named BB-12 ...

While biologists usually study mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains near Los Angeles, researchers have captured and radio-collared a bear in the area for the first time ever.

By 2018, Paramount Ranch was one of the only film ranches in continuous operation since Hollywood’s Golden Age. But in November of that year, the Woolsey Fire tore through the Santa Monica ...