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Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) used to be abundant around Lake Superior, but lately they were in need of some help in order to repopulate. Earlier this month, the Ontario government, including...

The U.S. Department of Interior has increased its oversight of discretionary grant allocations and cooperative agreements made by its various bureaus. According to a Dec. 28 memorandum, all discretionary funding...

Both the House and Senate voted Monday to end the three-day partial shutdown of the federal government that began at midnight Saturday. The new continuing resolution — the fourth for...

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which prohibits the attempted or actual pursuing, hunting, shooting, wounding, killing, trapping, capturing or collecting of over 800 species of migratory birds, has just been...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has lost a legal battle over its April 2014 decision to ban the import of elephant trophies from Zimbabwe. The USFWS’ original decision to...

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced the establishment of a new panel that will advise the secretaries of Interior and Agriculture on conservation endeavors that benefit wildlife resources,...

Montana Sen. Jon Tester has introduced legislation to direct $60 million toward efforts to combat chronic wasting disease across the country. The Great Falls Tribune reports that Tester, a Democrat,...

In early December the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized a new recovery plan for the federally endangered Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi). A subspecies of gray wolf, the Mexican...

While the disappearance of Arctic sea ice is threatening polar bears (Ursus maritimus), the consequences of climate change for reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) is more nuanced, the Economist reports. “Until recently,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a notice announcing that the white-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys leucurus) is not warranted for listing under the Endangered Species Act. Fifteen years...