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The Nature Trust of British Columbia is seeking to purchase and protect an 87.5-acre area of bighorn sheep habitat on the east side of Skaha Lake in the province’s southern...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released its first Refuge Annual Performance Report — based on data published in the 2016/2017 Refuge Annual Performance Plan (RAPP). RAPPs compile data...

The company Scimetrics has withdrawn its request for registration in the state of Texas of the warfarin-based pesticide, Kaput, for its use in the control of feral swine (Sus scrofa)....

On Apr. 17, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it is initiating five-year status reviews for eight endangered species, including the Kirtland’s warbler, the Ozark hellbender, and the...

As a wildfire approached Gatlinburg, Tennessee, last November, two park rangers jumped into action with their chain saws. The pair, Ryan Williamson and Andrew Herrington, is credited with saving hundreds...

Alarmed by the appearance of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Norway, the country’s agriculture and food minister has approved a plan for hunters to cull an entire herd of 2,000...

On Mar. 30, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a press release announcing its decision to reclassify the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) from endangered to threatened under the...

Nevada wildlife officials have confirmed the first presence of a gray wolf (Canis lupus) in the state in nearly a century. The male, which is believed to have dispersed from...

 In 1986, Congress authorized the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to regularly remove and relocate federally threatened southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) from an “otter-free” management zone south of...

On March 3, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a 2012 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to delist gray wolves (Canis lupus) in...