Author: Dana Kobilinsky

August 23, 2019

Wild Cam: Highway blocks wolverine females from dispersing south

While male wolverines are making their way past, the Trans-Canada Highway appears to be blocking the southward movement of females, limiting their ability to reach recovering U.S. populations that would...

August 22, 2019

Working Group sponsors symposium in Malaysia

Wildlife exists in landscapes that are increasingly impacted by humans, so more and more, conservation actions depend upon buy-in and collaboration from local communities to achieve lasting success. Around the...

August 22, 2019

USFWS releases changes to ESA rules

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service released final regulations making changes to their implementation of the Endangered Species Act. The changes, which were released...

August 22, 2019

Is it a dingo, or is it a dog?

Is the dingo a separate species? Or is it a wild dog? The answer could determine its future, writes Undark. While local governments throughout Australia are working to remove the...

August 21, 2019

Migrating insects surf on winds and warmth

Migrating insects speed up their travel time by sailing on wind and warmth, according to recent research. This discovery helps us understand the ways that insects like dragonflies or butterflies,...

August 21, 2019

Four Klamath dams to be removed by 2022

Four dams along the lower Klamath River in southern Oregon and Northern California could be removed by 2022. The Capital Press reports that the nonprofit Klamath River Renewal Corp., has...

August 21, 2019

JWM: Returning captive yellow cardinals to the wild

Twenty-six yellow cardinals in Argentina had come a long way on their path to liberation. Most of the endangered birds were confiscated from poachers or pet owners from various parts...

August 20, 2019

Introduced species adapt rapidly to new climate niches

“Introduced species can provide this natural experiment of what happens when you toss species in a completely different climate — can they survive or not?” said John Wiens, a professor...

August 20, 2019

Florida boosts efforts to combat invasive pythons

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans to double resources to remove Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) from in and around the Everglades. The governor says contracted hunters will be used to...

August 20, 2019

Wildlife Services to review predator management methods in Wyoming

Under the terms of a recent court settlement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services agreed to conduct an environmental analysis of its predator damage management activities on federal lands...