Animals in California

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

This bronze statue commemorates the strange and beloved mascot of UC Irvine—the only university to be represented by a giant anteater.

At the edge of the high desert, California's second-largest natural lake is home to a unique subspecies of trout adapted to its alkaline waters.

A secluded hilltop monument marks the final resting place of Lucy, Presidio Park's beloved white deer.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

This park is home to well over 100 handmade birdhouses.

Nestled in Coachella Valley, this museum transports guests from the Mesozoic Era, to the land of Egyptian kings.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.