Month: March 2021

March 12, 2021

Q&A: Cities are evolutionary incubators for invasive species

Brown anoles can be seen all over the streets of Gainesville, Florida. In wild areas nearby, though, the invasive Cuban lizards aren’t nearly as common as, say, native green anoles...

March 12, 2021

Watch: Texas volunteers respond to cold-stunned turtles

It was one of the largest cold-stunning events ever recorded. Thousands of sea turtles washed up on Texas beaches after a severe cold front hit the region, putting the turtles...

March 11, 2021

States increase wolf management actions

After gray wolves in the contiguous United States were removed from the list of threatened and endangered species under the Endangered Species Act earlier this year, the species is now being...

March 11, 2021

Can brain waves tell us how animals feel?

Biologists spend a lot of time figuring out how animals behave. Can they also figure out how they feel? Researchers have deployed a mobile headband to detect brain waves in...

March 11, 2021

White-tailed deer can get coronavirus but show mild symptoms

In the year since the novel coronavirus erupted in North America, biologists have gotten a better sense of what impacts the virus could have on the continent’s wildlife. North American...

March 10, 2021

RAWA offers tribes major increase in conservation dollars

Passing the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act could be significant for state wildlife conservation efforts, but it could be transformative for tribal programs, drastically increasing the federal funds they currently receive....

March 10, 2021

For roaming cats, meatier food and play mean less prey

When pet owners in the United Kingdom feed their pet cats diets heavy in meat or play with them, the felines are less likely to bring home wildlife prey. While...

March 10, 2021

Australia’s wildfires had a devastating toll

A year after Australia’s devastating 2019-2020 wildlife season ended, biologists are getting a grim picture of the impact on wildlife. Scientists say more than 500 species of plants and animals...

March 9, 2021

Climate change driving butterfly losses in the West

Climate change is leading to declines in hundreds of butterfly species across the American West, according to research in 11 states. Researchers found decreasing populations among both common and rare...

March 9, 2021

Deer and rabbits avoid fracking development

Mule deer around fracking areas may be leerier of the noise from the operations than the actual structures. Rabbits, on the other hand, don’t seem to be affected by the...