Month: May 2019

Last week, the House Natural Resources Committee advanced legislation that would prohibit oil and gas exploration and development along the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Arctic...

Mounting ultraviolet lights that shine on power lines reduced sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) collisions by 98 percent in a key Nebraska migration stopover for the birds. The technique protects the...

For the first time, scientists have reported a red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) appearing to prey on a ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata). This is the first time the birds have been...

A threatened species of martens seems to have opted for the Oregon beach life, with plenty of food and a lack of predators. The Pacific marten (Martes caurina) typically lives...

The White House Office of Management and Budget recently issued a new policy that will provide guidance to federal agencies about the science they use in rulemaking and will require...

Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) mothers are producing more pups, which then go on to mature at younger ages. According to a new project, which drew from indigenous subsistence hunters in...

About 1 million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction around the world, according to a new United Nations report, and the rate of extinctions continues to climb. The...

Before California’s Central Valley became known as an agricultural powerhouse, it contained one of the largest expanses of streamside forest and wetland habitat in North America. Vast forests of valley...

The Wildlife Society is pleased to announce the Leadership Institute Class of 2019. Each year, a group of 10 early career wildlife professionals are selected from a competitive pool of...

Brazil’s Araguaian river dolphins (Inia araguaiaensis) are normally hard to find and study. But researchers from the University of Vermont and University of St. Andrews came cross them near a...