Encounter the extraordinary biodiversity of California, from marine mammals along the coast to desert dwellers and high-mountain species.
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More Species Than Anywhere in America
Wild California: Creatures Great and Small is a series about the extraordinary wildlife that calls this state home — and why so much of it exists nowhere else on Earth.
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Gray Whales and Elephant Seal Colonies
Every winter, roughly twenty thousand gray whales pass along this coastline on a ten-thousand-mile journey from Arctic feeding grounds to the warm lagoons of Baja…
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Desert Tortoise and Heat-Defying Wildlife
The desert tortoise can survive up to a year without drinking water.
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Old Growth Forests Hide Rare Hunters
Fewer than a hundred Humboldt martens are thought to survive in California, making this small, cat-sized member of the weasel family one of the state's rarest carnivores.
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Wings Spanning Wider Than a Piano
The California condor's wingspan stretches over nine and a half feet — wider than a grand piano is long.
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Creatures Found Nowhere Else on Earth
Tule elk nearly vanished entirely. By 1874, a single breeding pair remained, hidden in the tule marshes of the San Joaquin Valley.
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