Month: December 2020

December 2, 2020

Wild Cam: Costa Rica’s black panthers and elusive bush dogs

Ongoing research using trail cameras in Costa Rica’s mountains has revealed the presence of elusive bush dogs as well as why some populations of large felids, like tiger cats and...

December 2, 2020

Northernmost polar bears temporarily benefit from warming

Polar bears in one of the northernmost populations in the world are seeing some short-term transient benefits from climate change. Climate change in Kane Basin, between northwestern Greenland and Canada’s...

December 1, 2020

Train speed top factor in wildlife deaths at Canada parks

Train speed was a major factor in the deaths of wildlife on railroad tracks in Canada’s Banff and Yoho national parks, a recent study found. Looking at 646 wildlife deaths...

December 1, 2020

‘Twenty years of conservation success’

States have long been able to count on federal funding for game management. But 20 years ago, Congress realized, it was a different story for thousands of non-hunted species and...

December 1, 2020

Changing climate may worsen wildlife disease outbreaks

Increasingly mild winters in cool climates can cause more disease outbreaks for cold-blooded wildlife, researchers found. And when tropical areas have unusual cold snaps, cold-blooded species there also have a...