Month: December 2019

A new Western Invasive Species Council launched by the Western Governors’ Association launched last week launched last week will enhance coordination and communication regarding invasive species management across the western...

The summer of 2019 on the Oregon coast resulted in the second highest number of western snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) fledglings in the recovery project’s history. Portland State University...

Keeping an eye out for flying deer? That’s not so unusual for Utah wildlife biologists. Last month, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources airlifted dozens of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)...

Congress passed a final spending package on Dec. 16 for Fiscal Year 2020, which includes increases for many natural resource agencies’ conservation and management programs. The final spending bill was...

Two University of Wisconsin students won this year’s student presentation awards at the 2019 Joint AFS/TWS Conference in Reno, Nevada, for research ranging from the mountains of South America to...

When North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences researcher Adrian Smith posted video of himself getting bitten by a trap-jaw ant in his lab, it wound up being used by the...

Algorithms can help researchers tune into massive soundscapes involving a huge number of species and background noise to determine the level of seabird recovery on remote islands in Alaska. “We...

Climate change is prompting migratory birds to take flight earlier, raising questions about how these shifts will affect their ability to persist in a warming world. Looking at almost a...

Maybe it doesn’t have to be a fight with kids between screen time and outdoor exploring. Colorado Parks & Wildlife has created an augmented reality app designed to engage young...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Center for Biological Diversity have reached an agreement last week to review the status of grizzly bears under the Endangered Species Act. The...