Author: Dana Kobilinsky

Last month, the Department of the Interior announced the transfer of 560 acres of federal land along the United States-Mexico border to the Department of the Army, for the purpose...

What if a cataclysmic asteroid collision was one of the best things to happen to biodiversity on earth? An international team of researchers concluded that a collision of asteroids between...

DNA sleuths are identifying predators from kill sites with the help of the saliva they leave on their prey. “Our broader study was transformed by this technique, which was successful...

The disappearance of the walrus from the shores of Iceland has long been a scientific puzzle. Walruses existed on the island for thousands of years, then disappeared. Using DNA analyses...

The American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society 2019 Joint Conference wrapped up on Thursday. Here are some of the day’s highlights. Thanks to everyone for making it a great...

Two closely related species — Allen’s (Selasphorus sasin) and rufous hummingbirds (S. rufus) — are interbreeding in a newly discovered hybrid zone spanning from Northern California to southern Oregon. Around 2013...

West Nile virus was first detected in the United States in 1999, and it quickly spread from New York across the continent, into Canada and Mexico and then to Central...

Each day, wildlife.org will round up some of the highlights from the previous day at the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society 2019 Joint Conference. Scroll down for photos...

During a hearing by the Water and Wildlife Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee, subcommittee members discussed a new bill (H.R. 4348), introduced last month by Natural Resources Chairman...

A giant new crocodile species has seemingly jumped out of nowhere as researchers took a closer look at museum specimens and living reptiles at a Florida zoo. Now deceased biologist...