Author: Dana Kobilinsky

Reno may have originally been branded The Biggest Little City because of neon lights, Vegas-like casinos, and a 24-hour scene, but this moniker feels apt in today’s Reno for different...

Efforts to bolster the only existing population of Florida panthers have been largely successful, but genetic health of the animals will likely remain a concern due to a lack of...

Bats are hard to find. They’re small (some weigh less than three pennies), they fly by night and hide during the day, but perhaps the most challenging part is that...

Beetles introduced to the United States from Asia have done their job in eating up invasive tamarisks in the Southwest. The problem is, the tamarisk beetles (Diorhabda carinulata) are doing...

Populations of Arizona toads are standing their ground despite the generalist nature of their cousins downstream. “I call them the ‘trash can toad’” because they will breed in just about...

Rappelling down a 650-foot cliff to catch seabirds on a remote island just below the Arctic Circle was scary enough. “The first time you look over and you rappel over,...

Artist Reinier Gamboa’s latest work isn’t just another Miami street mural. Called “Anthropocene Extinction,” it shows some of South Florida’s iconic species, from sea turtles to spoonbills. But it’s more...

The bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. 3742) was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 12. Over 60 original cosponsors joined Reps. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich. and Jeff...

Researchers have pinpointed a fungal disease previously unknown to science as the culprit responsible for eroding the shells of freshwater turtles. “By causing damage to the shell, it essentially could...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has dialed down its advice for exterminating invasive iguanas with a new statement intended to clear up uncertainty from a previous memo. Earlier...