Month: March 2022

Brown treesnakes are known for their elusiveness, which makes it difficult for researchers and managers to assess the effectiveness of tools to manage them on the island of Guam, where...

Pallas’s cats are about the size of house cats, only furrier and with rounder bodies. Their eyes have rounded pupils, while all other cats are known for their characteristic vertical...

The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center is responding to a growing number of common dolphin sightings and strandings, including five deaths. The sightings are unusual, the aquarium says, since...

Yellow-bellied marmots can become habituated to human presence on hiking trails, but only to an extent. Constant vigilance of people nearby may cause the mammals to miss important meals before...

Conservationists often focus on protecting individual species to help maintain biodiversity. But researchers found that protecting biodiversity may be a good way to prevent extinction. Brian Weeks, an assistant professor...

At least hundreds of so-far unidentified species of mammals are hiding in plain sight around the world, a new study suggests. Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...

Often when researchers conduct genetic studies with grant funding, they’re required to make the sequence data public. But they aren’t required to report where the sample originated and when it...

Citing the escalation of white-nose syndrome, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to reclassify the threatened northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act....

As warmer weather comes to Florida, wildlife agencies say they are phasing out an emergency program to provide supplemental food for manatees in the Indian River Lagoon. Wildlife officials plan...

Bird Strike Committee USA (BSC-USA) and The Wildlife Society are working together to develop a designation that will expand TWS’ Wildlife Biologist Certification Program’s current opportunities. This designation will be...