It happened on a rainy morning in an Oakland marsh. The pickleweed parted, and with an unceremonious splash, a mottled, fat waterfowl plopped into the slough. It was a California clapper rail, the $1 ...

A $1 billion bill to restore San Francisco Bay wetlands died in Congress last week, although a local representative vowed to try again next year. The San Francisco Bay Improvement Act would have ...

A group of endangered birds were released into the Paradise Marsh in National City Thursday. The eight zoologically-bred, light-footed clapper rails were released into the local wetlands by Team ...

SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - On Tuesday, the 400th light-footed clapper rail was released into the wild right here in San Diego. Team Clapper Rail released seven captive-bred birds at the Kendall-Frost Marsh ...

If clapper rails were humans, their grandparents wouldn’t like them as youngsters. They directly contradict that old axiom about how well-mannered children should act — being often heard, but seldom ...

OAKLAND — Volunteers in Oakland are making the upcoming nesting season a little easier for one Bay Area bird today. In celebration of National Bird Day, a handful of volunteers are helping to prepare ...