Category: Around the Web

Two tagged burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) in Phoenix, Ariz. hadn’t been seen or detected for seven months on the gravel lot they used for habitat, but one has recently been...

New tools using ocean data, including weather and ocean chemistry, are helping determine where fisherman can avoid bycatch of protected sea turtles and other species. Using information that predicts people’s...

Wildlife in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone — the area surrounding the nuclear disaster in Ukraine — have been documented scavenging on fish carcasses, offering more evidence that wildlife is abundant...

There’s no place like home for a gray wolf (Canis lupus) that had been translocated from Minnesota to Isle Royale National Park last fall. The wolf traveled over 15 miles...

On two islands in Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago, a conservation group is using drones to drop toxicants meant to eliminate invasive rats that are causing problems for native animals and plants....

After African dogs (Lycaon pictus)suddenly disappeared in Serengeti National Park in 1991, wildlifers and biologists wondered why, and disagreements among scientists ensued. One researcher, Roger Burrows, came up with a...

Three species of flying squirrels, including southern (Glaucomys Volans), northern (Glaucomys sabrinus) and Humboldt’s flying (Glaucomys oregonensis) squirrels, turn a bright pink when they’re under ultraviolet light, researchers found. Biologist...

Social marketing campaigns that aim to change human behavior have proven to be instrumental in promoting wildlife conservation, according to new research. Conservationists have adopted the social marketing method, which...

Flamingos stand out in many ways, with their pink color and skinny legs. But many people don’t realize how the species has adapted to survive brutal conditions that other wildlife...

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus), which have been steeply declining throughout their range, showed a significant increase in their overwintering areas in Mexico, a World Wildlife Fund survey shows. The WWF...