Month: May 2021

Bee species that can easily change their pollination behavior have a better chance of survival in an area of California that’s under stress from agriculture and climate change. Intensive monoculture...

As April Martinig was studying red squirrel dispersal in the Yukon, she got to know the squirrels pretty well. Over time, she found, their behavior was pretty consistent. Squirrels that...

Researchers are determined to learn as much as they can about feral pigs’ group dynamics by developing special tools to track dozens of individuals at a time. Feral swine (Sus...

In 2010, after a schoolteacher went jogging near Chignik Lake in southwestern Alaska, locals found her body surrounded by bloodstains and wolf tracks. After eight wolves were killed in the...

Vermont has banned a group of chemicals found in some common household products, known as PFAS, from being used in certain products. The new legislation bars the chemicals, sometimes known...

What brings a million birds that breed in the Arctic to winter on the coast of northwest Mexico? “The truth is, researchers don’t actually know,” writes Julián García Walther, a...

Over the past decade, USDA Wildlife Services has seen rising requests for assistance regarding damage caused by black vultures (Coragyps atratus), especially to agricultural resources. Nationally, concerns have moved steadily...

When Joshua Brian was studying parasites in freshwater mussels for his PhD, he realized that even at sites right next to one another, mussels had different parasite communities. He and...

Parks Canada recently put up more electric fencing in Banff National Park to stop bears from crossing the dangerous Trans-Canada Highway, where there have been several black bear deaths. Staff...

The U.S. Department of the Interior will not pursue the previous administration’s plan to ease restrictions on exploratory drilling in the Arctic. In 2020, during the previous administration, the Bureau...