House debates amendments to FY18 appropriations bill
The U.S. House of Representatives is currently working through the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies FY18 appropriations bill as part of a massive ...
endangered species
WSB study: Acoustic lures help net elusive bats
Bat researchers have trouble using nets to catch species that forage in open spaces and fly too high, out of reach of traditional netting methods. But researchers ...
Publish and perish?
When scientists publish location information about endangered species, it’s not just other scientists who are reading it. They may be opening the door to ...
Rare butterfly reintroduced on San Diego NWR
The recovery of an endangered butterfly in southern San Diego made history last year and is seeing early success. A team of biologists from the San Diego Zoo ...
WSB Study: Scientists quantitatively tell tracks apart in snow
Biologists surveying carnivore populations in snow-covered regions often have a hard time differentiating between the tracks of similar species. By analyzing track ...
Mange outbreak imperils urban kit foxes
Endangered by habitat loss across its range, the San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica) now faces another deadly threat. Sarcoptic mange has been spreading ...
Pre-vet students heed call of wildlife
Many pre-veterinary students are developing a desire to study exotic or native wildlife species, shifting their usual focus on livestock or companion animals to ...
Imperiled species already impacted by climate change
Almost half of the mammals and a quarter of the birds on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species are already being negatively impacted by climate change, according ...
States file suit over new critical habitat rules
On Nov. 29, a group of 18 states filed a lawsuit in opposition to changes made this year to how critical habitat can be designated for federally threatened and ...
If you build it, they will come
With over 14,000 acres of habitat supporting hundreds of animal and plant species, there is no such thing as a “typical day” on Bitter Creek National Wildlife ...