Category: Around the Web

A key United Nations biodiversity conference was scheduled to take place in China in October 2020, but the outbreak of COVID-19 put the event on hold. It’s supposed to finally...

The spread of COVID-19 among captive mink continues to raise questions about how the virus may spread to wildlife and to humans. Last month, the Centers for Disease Control confirmed...

Moose in rural Maine are experiencing a record high death rate due to a massive tick infestation. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife says that after collaring 70...

Biologists at the University of Cincinnati are studying low-cost ways to improve water quality and wildlife habitat in urban creeks. Like those found in many large cities, Cincinnati’s streams are...

A co-owner of the Boston Celtics has made a $2 million donation to aid manatees in Florida. The Fox Rock Foundation, a charitable foundation overseen by Celtics co-owner Rob Hale...

Researchers in Alabama are investigating the impacts of wild pigs on wildlife and the environment. Forthcoming research suggests that wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) numbers jump significantly two years after feral...

An ongoing drought in South Dakota is taking a toll on wildlife in the state. The Forest Service reports that the grouse population—including greater prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus cupido) and sharp-tailed grouse...

The Bronx Zoo has translocated six bison to the Osage Nation in an effort to bolster the herd in part of Oklahoma. The animals will join a herd comprising of...

Wildlife officials say highly pathogenic avian influenza has killed wild foxes in Michigan, Minnesota and Ontario—the first known cases of the virus in wild mammals in North America. On Thursday,...

The virus that causes COVID-19 has spread throughout North American deer populations, but what the impacts may be for wildlife and for humans remains unclear. Hundreds of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus...