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Working to Improve Forest Health
More people are having a greater influence on natural resource issues than ever before, which is good. People want to do what is best yet are not necessarily familiar with...
Study finds island goshawk population unique and at risk
When Canadian ornithologist Percy Algernon Taverner examined the goshawks of Haida Gwaii in 1940, he noticed something unusual about them. The birds on these rugged islands, about 70 kilometers off...
More details emerge on refuges reopening during shutdown
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is using previously appropriated funds and recreational fee dollars to partially re-staff some National Wildlife Refuges for 30 days during the ongoing partial government...
Ancient East Coast cypress trees protected in conservancy
A tract of land in North Carolina that is home to the oldest trees east of the Rockies — bald cypress trees dating to Roman times — is being protected...
Western states adopt plan for monarch conservation
Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) populations have declined steeply since the 1990s, prompting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to determine that monarchs may warrant listing under the federal Endangered...
Over the past century, biology texts got the bugs out
Biology textbooks have changed over time, reflecting new discoveries and changes in society and the environment. But researchers recently found that introductory university textbooks today are leaving out an important...
JWM: Torngat caribou herd on the decline
Reports from hunters and Inuit groups in northern Quebec-Labrador suggested the Torngat caribou (Rangifer tarandus) herd was declining, but researchers didn’t know to what extent and why. For a study...
Development is dividing California’s puma populations
Habitat fragmentation is splintering California’s mountain lion (Puma concolor) populations, researchers found. As urbanization between Los Angeles and San Diego spreads across landscapes historically used by mountain lions, it is...
Golden jackal spreads throughout Europe
The golden jackal (Canis aureus) has occupied Europe for about 8,000 years, but since the 1950s, its population has been on the rise, eclipsing the population of European wolves (Canis...
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