Lake Tahoe is a popular destination for nature lovers year-round. Wild animals also inhabit the area, and while some are ...

Lake Tahoe’s water clarity is neither improving nor worsening, according to the 2024 Lake Tahoe Clarity Report released by UC Davis’ Tahoe Environmental Research Center on Monday.

Lake Tahoe, known for its picturesque views, ... Shasta Lake, one of the state’s largest reservoirs, is currently at 38% capacity, a startling number heading into the hottest months of the year.

Lake Tahoe flipped recently for the first time since the winter of 2018-19. Flipping brings more clarity to the lake, among other things, and that clarity may last a while due to cold temperatures.

A ghost lake in California could expand to the size of Lake Tahoe. Lake Tulare in the San Joaquin Valley used to be the largest freshwater lake in the Western U.S.

A new study published Monday by researchers at UC Davis shows that the annual average clarity for Lake Tahoe’s azure blue waters in 2024 was 62.3 feet, measured as the depth to which a 10-inch ...

At 1,645 feet deep, Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in America, behind only Crater Lake in Oregon, which is 1,949 feet deep. Over the past half century, the lake’s clarity has become a ...