Wildlife activist who helped launch Big Bear Valley's famous eagle nest camera dies

A beloved Southern California wildlife activist known for her work with bald eagles — specifically, the iconic Jackie and Shadow perched atop a nest 145 feet high in a Jeffrey pine tree in Big Bear ...

Many mourn death of Friends of Big Bear Valley Director Sandy Steers

After years of keeping the world informed about eagle couple Jackie and Shadow, Friends of Big Bear Valley Director Sandy ...

The most common street names in America and what they reveal about us

ThatsThem reports on the top 10 most common U.S. street names, revealing cultural and historical insights, from Main Street ...
Yale Climate Connections

A familiar tree turned up at a shockingly high elevation

In 2024, Hugh Safford, an ecologist at the University of California, Davis, went backpacking in the Sierra Nevada. On Mount Kaweah, at about 12,000 feet, he stopped to take in the view. He saw ...

Big Bear eagles Jackie and Shadow lost their eggs. Will they lay more?

Big Bear Lake's famous eagle couple, Jackie and Shadow, lost their eggs to ravens. Observers wonder if Jackie will lay ...
Columbus Dispatch

Jackie and Shadow’s eagle eggs abandoned, damaged by invading birds

Bald eagle parents Jackie and Shadow abandoned their two eggs for several hours. During their absence, invading birds, possibly ravens or crows, attacked the nest. (This story has been updated to ...