Category: Around the Web

April 1, 2021

A win-win for farmers and wildlife?

Researchers are proposing what they hope will be a mutually beneficial solution both for low-income farmers in developing countries who are trying to protect their livestock from endangered predators and...

March 31, 2021

New USGS plan focuses on wildfire

With recent wildfire seasons being particularly damaging, the U.S. Geological Survey has developed a new five-year science strategy designed to help minimize fire’s detrimental impacts while allowing for its benefits....

March 30, 2021

Zebra mussels found in aquarium supplies

Invasive zebra mussels have been discovered in moss balls sold in pet supply stores in North Dakota, prompting state agencies to institute a quarantine on the aquarium supplies. Zebra mussels...

March 29, 2021

Watch: Texas freeze was tough on bats

The deep freeze in Texas affected a lot of species, including bats. Across the state, residents, biologists and park employees have discovered dead bats under bridges and live bats suffering...

March 26, 2021

Toxic bacteria on invasive plants may be behind bald eagle deaths

Toxic bacteria that grows on invasive plants in the southern U.S. may be responsible for mysterious eagle deaths. Bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) have been dying from a neurodegenerative disease called...

March 25, 2021

Bahama oriole population is larger than scientists thought

A population of critically endangered Bahama orioles is at least 10 times larger than scientists previously thought. Past research suggested there were fewer than 300 of the orioles on Andros...

March 24, 2021

Condors to soar over Pacific Northwest again

The California condor will return to the Pacific Northwest for the first time in a century. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service and the Yurok Tribe plan...

March 23, 2021

Monarch butterfly numbers fall on wintering grounds

The number of monarch butterflies landing on their wintering grounds in central Mexico in 2020 has dropped by about 26% from the previous year. Rather than counting individual butterflies, researchers...

March 22, 2021

Wildlife Vocalizations: Trinity Smith

Wildlife Vocalizations is a collection of short personal perspectives from people in the field of wildlife sciences. I have traveled to many breathtaking places for work, but the most interesting...

March 22, 2021

Watch: Condor lays an egg in tree scorched by Dolan Fire

A female condor in a redwood forest burned in last year’s devastating Dolan Fire has laid an egg in the top of a charred redwood tree, offering hope for the...