Month: July 2019

Set against the backdrop of the Sierra Nevada, the first-ever joint conference of The Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society will focus on a broad array of natural resource topics...

An Arctic fox fitted with a tracking device recently moved at the fastest rate ever recorded for the species on its 2,000-mile journey from Norway to Canada. The Arctic fox...

The fungus that causes the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats has been detected for the first time in California, although officials say they have seen no indication that the disease...

When albatross populations on the Hawaiian island of Kauai found themselves under aerial attack, the U.S. Navy and biologists teamed up to find the birds a new home. A population...

The transport and release of live feral swine to new areas represents one of the biggest threats to feral swine (Sus scrofa) management. Only roughly half of all states currently...

When either breeders or eager citizens raise monarch butterflies, they may be raising individuals that can’t migrate, according to new research. The idea to study the migration patterns of captive-bred...

Forests on land previously used for agriculture or grazing, known as secondary forests, may be less suitable for long-lived salamanders. While new research shows that large numbers of vernal pools...

Thousands of tourists come out to a small town in Manitoba every year to witness garter snakes emerge from hibernation. But while the human crowds can be large, they pale...

Last week, the House passed the appropriations bill authorizing funding for the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Forest Service and the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as the appropriations...

Lead ammunition is now banned for hunting wildlife in California. The new regulation is actually the final phase of a California law passed in 2013. The regulation came about at...