The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a nearly $500 billion highway bill that includes a section devoted to reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions, as well as funding for maintenance of roads on refuges and other federal …
Millions of birds meet an untimely end by flying into buildings every year, but researchers weren’t always clear whether specific types were more vulnerable than others. Previous research showed that 599 million birds are killed …
National parks like Joshua Tree, Rocky Mountain and the Grand Canyon — places that people generally think of as pristine —are plagued by microplastics, researchers have found. In a recent study published in Science, they …
A plague that has had large-scale effects on prairie dog populations in the United States impacts black-tailed prairie dogs in Canadian less, but it remains a threat there due to the prairie dogs’ lower number …
While piping plover nesting and breeding habitat is roped off and protected on New York’s Fire Island and Westhampton Island, researchers found areas where the plovers — and other shorebird species — forage lie outside …
Wildlife markets instigate the spread of coronaviruses among captive animals destined for human consumption, according to new research conducted on field rats. Researchers tested field rats (Rattus argentiventer) in southern Vietnam, where they are popular …
Milkweed plants critical for the life cycle of monarch butterflies are loaded with pesticides in Northern California, according to recent research. Past studies have pointed to pesticides as a major driver in monarch butterfly decline, …
Researchers may have found a way to use genetics to determine how susceptible deer and other cervids are to contracting chronic wasting disease. This offers hope that captive herd owners could use the system to …
The global COVID-19 pandemic has caused researchers to focus new attention on captive animals and the role they may play in spreading zoonotic diseases. But testing every animal in captivity, whether it’s destined for the …
Recovering America’s Wildlife Act should be included in a future economic recovery package, says a letter signed by The Wildlife Society, over a dozen TWS organizational units, and 230 additional organizations from across the United …
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