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Two Florida men face a number of charges related to the illegal capture and sale of freshwater turtle species. According to a press release by the Florida Fish and Wildlife...

An hour earlier, the marmot had spotted the fox on the slopes of China’s Qulian Mountains. It raised an alarm, but the fox lay low, waiting. When the marmot emerged...

In a recent study published in Biological Conservation, researchers from around the world called for additional protections to conserve the emperor penguin (Aptenodyptes forsteri). Reviewing over 150 studies on the...

A lone female of one of the world’s rarest birds was sighted recently in a Brazil forest reserve. Stresemann’s bristlefront (Merulaxis stresemanni) is listed as critically endangered by the International...

Grand Teton National Park has approved a plan to remove mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) from the Teton Range. According to the plan announced on Tuesday, the goats, which are not...

Researchers have published results from a decades-long experiment in South Carolina that underscores the importance of connecting landscapes used by wildlife. In the study published in Science, researchers found the...

Mountain biking is a popular activity on public lands, and a recent decision to allow electric bikes in National Parks and other Interior Department lands may bring even more bikes...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has removed the Kirtland’s warbler from the endangered species list, marking a recovery of the bird that went from just 167 nesting pairs in...

With help from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, threatened southern sea otters have made a comeback in Elkhorn Slough, an estuary in Central California. A recent study looking at how the...

A Pennsylvania man has received a six-month prison sentence for illegally trafficking diamondback terrapin turtles (Malaclemys terrapin). David Sommers, a 64-year-old man from Bucks County, just north of Philadelphia, told...